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                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted  by  the  Governor  pursuant  to
   article  seven  of  the  Constitution -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to requiring certain
   candidates to disclose tax returns (Part A);  to  amend  the  election
   law,  in  relation  to  establishing  contribution limits and a public
   campaign financing system; to amend the state finance law, in relation
   to establishing the New York state campaign finance fund; and to amend
   the tax law, in relation to establishing a  New  York  state  campaign
   finance fund checkoff (Part B); to amend the election law, in relation
   to  enacting  the  Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2019; in
   relation to establishing the electronic  personal  voter  registration
   process  (Part  C);  to  amend  the election law, in relation to early
   voting implementation (Part D); to amend the election law, in relation
   to primary elections and amending certain deadlines to facilitate  the
   timely  transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas;
   to amend the election law, in relation to date of  primary  elections;
   to  amend  the  election  law,  in  relation  to  canvass and audit of
   returns; and to amend the public officers law, in relation to  filling
   vacancies  in elective offices (Subpart A); to amend the election law,
   in relation to vacancies for elective offices; to judicial proceedings
   for designating or nominating petitions and to ballots for primary and
   general elections (Subpart B)(Part E); to amend the election  law,  in
   relation  to  political  contributions  by limited liability companies
   (Part F); to  amend  the  election  law,  in  relation  to  integrated
   personal  voter  registration  applications  (Part  G);  to  amend the
   election law, in relation to time allowed for employees to vote  (Part
   H);  to amend the election law, in relation to providing uniform poll-
   ing hours during primary elections (Part I);  to  amend  the  election
   law, in relation to providing for the pre-registration of voters (Part
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   J);  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to prohibiting vendors
   engaged in procurements with the state from making  campaign  contrib-
   utions  to  elected  officials (Part K); to amend the election law, in
   relation  to implementing automatic voter registration updates for any
   voter who moves anywhere within the  state  (Part  L);  to  amend  the
   election  law,  in relation to prohibiting certain loans to be made to
   candidates or political committees (Part M);  to  amend  the  election
   law, in relation to authorizing computer generated registration lists;
   in  relation  to  the  list  of supplies to be delivered to poll sites
   (Part N); to amend the legislative  law,  in  relation  to  disclosing
   lobbyist  filing  of campaign contributions, solicitations of contrib-
   utions, and political consulting reports (Part O); to amend the legis-
   lative law, in relation to  prohibiting  lobbyists  from  engaging  in
   political  consulting  for  candidates for and holders of state office
   and prohibiting certain political consultants from engaging in  lobby-
   ing;  and  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to requiring the
   reporting of the provision of political consulting services (Part  P);
   to amend the executive law, in relation to disclosure requirements for
   certain nonprofits (Part Q); to amend the legislative law, in relation
   to  lowering the monetary disclosure threshold for lobbyists to report
   prior relationships with agencies or elected  officials  and  to  file
   statements  of  registration (Part R); to amend the legislative law to
   increase penalties for lobbyists who are convicted of  a  crime  (Part
   S);  to  amend  the public officers law, in relation to increasing the
   length of the existing bar on the appearance and  practice  of  former
   state officers or employees, members of the legislature and members of
   the  executive  chamber  (Part  T); to amend the civil service law, in
   relation to prohibiting staff of elected state  officials  to  perform
   volunteer  services for the election campaigns of such officials (Part
   U); to amend the executive law  and  the  general  municipal  law,  in
   relation to requiring the financial disclosures of certain local offi-
   cials  (Part V); to amend the legislative law, in relation to creating
   and enforcing a code of conduct for lobbyists (Part W); and  to  amend
   the election law, in relation to motor vehicle voter registration; and
   to repeal section 5-212 of the election law relating thereto (Part X)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 which are necessary to implement the state fiscal plan for the 2019-2020
 state  fiscal  year.  Each  component  is wholly contained within a Part
 identified as Parts A through X. The effective date for each  particular
 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of
 such  Part.    Any  provision  in  any  section contained within a Part,
 including the effective date of the Part, which  makes  reference  to  a
 section  "of  this  act",  when  used in connection with that particular
 component, shall be deemed  to  mean  and  refer  to  the  corresponding
 section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets
 forth the general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-170
 to read as follows:

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   § 6-170. DISCLOSURE OF TAX RETURNS BY CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. 1.
 NOT LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS BEFORE A GENERAL ELECTION, ANY  CANDIDATE  FOR
 THE  OFFICE  OF  GOVERNOR,  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, COMP-
 TROLLER, STATE SENATOR, AND MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, OTHER THAN A  WRITE-
 IN CANDIDATE, SHALL:
   (A)  FILE  WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS COPIES OF THE FEDERAL AND
 NEW YORK STATE INCOME TAX RETURNS OF SUCH CANDIDATE FOR AT LEAST THE TEN
 MOST RECENT TAXABLE YEARS FOR WHICH SUCH RETURNS HAVE BEEN FILED IF SUCH
 CANDIDATE IS A CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE, AND FOR AT LEAST THE FIVE
 MOST RECENT TAXABLE YEARS FOR WHICH SUCH RETURNS HAVE BEEN FILED IF SUCH
 CANDIDATE IS A CANDIDATE FOR STATE SENATOR OR MEMBER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY;
 AND
   (B) PROVIDE WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS,  IN  SUCH  FORM  AS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS, FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF SUCH RETURNS PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
 VISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   2.  INCOME  TAX  RETURNS  FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY A
 CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  MADE
 PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE  ON  THE  WEBSITE OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NO
 LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER SUCH INCOME TAX  RETURNS  HAVE  BEEN  FILED,
 SUBJECT  TO  SUCH  REDACTION AS MAY BE WARRANTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF THIS SECTION.
   3. PRIOR TO MAKING ANY INCOME TAX RETURN FILED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION PUBLIC, THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  REDACT
 SUCH  INFORMATION AS THE BOARD, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 TAXATION AND FINANCE OR  HIS  OR  HER  DELEGATE,  DEEMS  APPROPRIATE  OR
 REQUIRED  BY  LAW.  THE  CANDIDATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REQUEST THAT THE
 BOARD MAKE PARTICULAR REDACTIONS AT THE TIME THAT  THE  CANDIDATE  FILES
 THE  RETURNS WITH THE BOARD PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION.
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  IF  A
 CANDIDATE  HAS  NOT  TIMELY  FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THE
 INCOME TAX RETURNS AND WRITTEN CONSENT REQUIRED BY  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  THE NAME OF SUCH CANDIDATE SHALL NOT BE PRINTED UPON THE
 OFFICIAL BALLOT FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART B
 
   Section 1. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 18 and 19 to read as follows:
   18. "INTERMEDIARY" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,
 POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION  OR  OTHER  ENTITY   WHICH
 BUNDLES,  CAUSES  TO BE DELIVERED OR OTHERWISE DELIVERS ANY CONTRIBUTION
 FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO A CANDIDATE  OR  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE,
 OTHER  THAN  IN  THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY OR
 MESSENGER SERVICE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL  NOT
 INCLUDE SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PARENTS, CHILDREN OR SIBLINGS OF THE
 PERSON  MAKING  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION OR A STAFF MEMBER OR VOLUNTEER OF THE
 CAMPAIGN IDENTIFIED IN WRITING TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. AS  USED
 IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  "CAUSES  TO BE DELIVERED" SHALL INCLUDE PROVIDING
 POSTAGE, ENVELOPES OR OTHER SHIPPING MATERIALS FOR THE USE OF DELIVERING
 THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ULTIMATE RECIPIENT.
   19. "AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE" MEANS THE SINGLE POLITICAL COMMITTEE DESIG-
 NATED BY A CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE ALL  CONTRIBUTIONS  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
 TITLE.

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   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 8 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws  of  1978,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer,
 member or agent of any  such  committee  who,  in  connection  with  any
 election,  receives  or  expends  any  money  or other valuable thing or
 incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent  shall  file  state-
 ments  sworn,  or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
 ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor  pursuant  to
 section  210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this [arti-
 cle] TITLE setting forth all the  receipts,  contributions  to  and  the
 expenditures  by  and liabilities of the committee, and of its officers,
 members and agents in its behalf.  Such  statements  shall  include  the
 dollar  amount  of  any  receipt,  contribution or transfer, or the fair
 market value of any receipt, contribution or transfer,  which  is  other
 than  of  money,  the  name  and address of the transferor, contributor,
 INTERMEDIARY, or person from  whom  received,  and  if  the  transferor,
 contributor,  INTERMEDIARY, or person is a political committee; the name
 of and the political unit represented by the committee, the date of  its
 receipt, the dollar amount of every expenditure, the name and address of
 the  person  to  whom  it was made or the name of and the political unit
 represented by the committee to which it was made and the date  thereof,
 and shall state clearly the purpose of such expenditure. AN INTERMEDIARY
 NEED  NOT  BE  REPORTED  FOR  A  CONTRIBUTION  THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM A
 CONTRIBUTOR IN CONNECTION WITH A PARTY OR OTHER CANDIDATE-RELATED  EVENT
 HELD  AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE PERSON DELIVERING THE CONTRIBUTION, UNLESS
 THE EXPENSES OF SUCH EVENT AT SUCH RESIDENCE FOR SUCH  CANDIDATE  EXCEED
 FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS OR THE AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM THAT
 CONTRIBUTOR AT SUCH EVENT EXCEED FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  Any  statement
 reporting  a  loan  shall  have attached to it a copy of the evidence of
 indebtedness. Expenditures in sums  under  fifty  dollars  need  not  be
 specifically  accounted  for  by  separate items in said statements, and
 receipts  and  contributions  aggregating  not  more  than   ninety-nine
 dollars, from any one contributor need not be specifically accounted for
 by  separate  items  in  said  statements,  provided  however, that such
 expenditures, receipts and contributions shall be subject to  the  other
 provisions of section 14-118 of this [article] TITLE.
   §  3.  Subdivision 3 of section 14-124 of the election law, as amended
 by section 1 of part B of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. The contribution and receipt limits of this article shall not apply
 to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or consti-
 tuted committee to maintain a permanent headquarters and staff and carry
 on ordinary activities which are not for the express purpose of  promot-
 ing the candidacy of specific candidates, EXCEPT THAT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
 FOR  SUCH ACTIVITIES TO A PARTY COMMITTEE OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE  AGGREGATE  FROM  EACH
 CONTRIBUTOR  IN  EACH  YEAR; PROVIDED THAT SUCH MONIES DESCRIBED IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN A SEGREGATED ACCOUNT.
   § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 14-108 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 109 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Each  statement  shall  cover  the  period up to and including the
 fourth day next preceding the day specified  for  the  filing  thereof[;
 provided,  however,  that].  THE  RECEIPT OF ANY CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN IN
 EXCESS OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE DISCLOSED WITHIN SIXTY  DAYS  OF
 RECEIPT.  IF  SUCH  CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE REPORTED

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 WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF RECEIPT ON THE NEXT APPLICABLE STATEMENT, THEN  THE
 CONTRIBUTION  OR  LOAN SHALL BE SEPARATELY REPORTED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF
 RECEIPT IN THE SAME MANNER AS ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN.   HOWEVER,
 any  contribution or loan in excess of one thousand dollars, if received
 after the close of the period to be covered in the last statement  filed
 before  any  primary,  general  or  special  election  but  before  such
 election, shall be reported, in the same manner as other  contributions,
 within twenty-four hours after receipt.
   §  5. The article heading of article 14 of the election law is amended
 to read as follows:
           CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES; PUBLIC FINANCING
   § 6. Subdivisions 1 and 10 of section  14-114  of  the  election  law,
 subdivision  1  as  amended and subdivision 10 as added by chapter 79 of
 the laws of 1992 and paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 as  amended  by
 chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates
 for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office,
 or for election to any party positions,  and  to  all  contributions  to
 political  committees  working directly or indirectly with any candidate
 to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election,  other
 than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee:
   a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the  entire  state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor
 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee  PARTIC-
 IPATING  IN  THE  STATE'S  PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN FINANCING SYSTEM PURSUANT TO
 TITLE TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, and no SUCH candidate or political  committee
 may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in the aggre-
 gate  amount  greater than:  (i) in the case of any nomination to public
 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi-
 date's party in the state, excluding voters in inactive  status,  multi-
 plied  by  $.005,  but such amount shall be not [less than four thousand
 dollars nor] more than [twelve] SIX thousand dollars  [as  increased  or
 decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of
 this subdivision,] and (ii) in the case of  any  election  to  [a]  SUCH
 public  office,  [twenty-five]  SIX  thousand  dollars  [as increased or
 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph  c  of
 this  subdivision];  provided however, that the maximum amount which may
 be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate,  from  any  candidate's
 child,  parent,  grandparent,  brother and sister, and the spouse of any
 such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomination  to  public
 office  an  amount  equivalent  to the product of the number of enrolled
 voters in the candidate's party in the state, excluding voters in  inac-
 tive  status, multiplied by $.025, and in the case of any election for a
 public office, an amount equivalent to the  product  of  the  number  of
 registered  voters  in  the  state  excluding voters in inactive status,
 multiplied by $.025.
   b. In any other election for party  position  or  for  election  to  a
 public  office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may
 make a contribution to any candidate or political committee  PARTICIPAT-
 ING  IN  THE  STATE'S PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING SYSTEM PURSUANT TO TITLE
 TWO OF THIS ARTICLE (FOR THOSE OFFICES  OR  POSITIONS  COVERED  BY  THAT
 SYSTEM)  and  no  SUCH  candidate  or political committee may accept any
 contribution from any contributor, which  is  in  the  aggregate  amount
 greater than: (i) in the case of any election for party position, or for
 nomination to public office, the product of the total number of enrolled
 voters  in the candidate's party in the district in which he is a candi-

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 date, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and  (ii)
 in  the  case  of  any  election for a public office, the product of the
 total number of registered voters in the district, excluding  voters  in
 inactive  status,  multiplied  by  $.05, [however in the case of a nomi-
 nation within the city of New York for the office of mayor, public advo-
 cate or comptroller, such amount shall be not less  than  four  thousand
 dollars  nor more than twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased
 by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph [c]  E  of  this
 subdivision;  in the case of an election within the city of New York for
 the office of mayor, public advocate or comptroller,  twenty-five  thou-
 sand  dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment
 described in paragraph [c] E of this subdivision;]  in  the  case  of  a
 nomination  OR  ELECTION  for  state  senator, four thousand dollars [as
 increased or decreased by the cost of  living  adjustment  described  in
 paragraph  c  of  this subdivision; in the case of an election for state
 senator,  six  thousand  two  hundred  fifty  dollars  as  increased  or
 decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of
 this subdivision]; in the case of an election or nomination for a member
 of  the  assembly,  [twenty-five  hundred]  TWO  THOUSAND  dollars   [as
 increased  or  decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in
 paragraph c of this subdivision; but in no event shall any such  maximum
 exceed  fifty  thousand  dollars  or be less than one thousand dollars];
 provided however, that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or
 accepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child,  parent,  grand-
 parent,  brother  and  sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall
 not exceed in the case of any election for party position or  nomination
 for  public office an amount equivalent to the number of enrolled voters
 in the candidate's party in the district in which  he  is  a  candidate,
 excluding  voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25 and in the case
 of any election to public office, an amount equivalent to the number  of
 registered  voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status,
 multiplied by $.25; or twelve hundred fifty dollars, whichever is great-
 er, or in the case of a nomination or election of a state senator, twen-
 ty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in the  case  of  a  nomi-
 nation  or  election  of  a member of the assembly, twelve thousand five
 hundred dollars, whichever is greater, but in no event  shall  any  such
 maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
   C.    IN ANY ELECTION FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS
 OF THE ENTIRE STATE, OR FOR NOMINATION TO ANY SUCH OFFICE, NO  CONTRIBU-
 TOR  MAY  MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE IN
 CONNECTION WITH A CANDIDATE WHO IS  NOT  A  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE  AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 14-200-A OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
 NO  SUCH  CANDIDATE  OR  POLITICAL COMMITTEE MAY ACCEPT ANY CONTRIBUTION
 FROM ANY CONTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS IN THE  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  GREATER  THAN:
 (I)  IN  THE CASE OF ANY NOMINATION TO PUBLIC OFFICE, THE PRODUCT OF THE
 TOTAL NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S PARTY IN  THE  STATE,
 EXCLUDING  VOTERS  IN  INACTIVE  STATUS,  MULTIPLIED  BY $.005, BUT SUCH
 AMOUNT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR  MORE  THAN  TEN
 THOUSAND  DOLLARS,  AND  (II)  IN  THE  CASE OF ANY ELECTION TO A PUBLIC
 OFFICE, FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  MAXIMUM
 AMOUNT  WHICH  MAY BE SO CONTRIBUTED OR ACCEPTED, IN THE AGGREGATE, FROM
 ANY CANDIDATE'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, BROTHER AND SISTER, AND  THE
 SPOUSE  OF  ANY  SUCH PERSONS, SHALL NOT EXCEED IN THE CASE OF ANY NOMI-
 NATION TO PUBLIC OFFICE AN AMOUNT  EQUIVALENT  TO  THE  PRODUCT  OF  THE
 NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S PARTY IN THE STATE, EXCLUD-
 ING  VOTERS  IN INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.025, AND IN THE CASE OF

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 ANY ELECTION FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE, AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE PRODUCT OF
 THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EXCLUDING VOTERS  IN  INAC-
 TIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.025.
   D.  IN  ANY  OTHER  ELECTION  FOR  PARTY POSITION OR FOR ELECTION TO A
 PUBLIC OFFICE OR FOR NOMINATION FOR ANY SUCH OFFICE, NO CONTRIBUTOR  MAY
 MAKE   A  CONTRIBUTION  TO  ANY  CANDIDATE  OR  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  IN
 CONNECTION WITH A CANDIDATE WHO IS  NOT  A  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE  AS
 DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 14-200-A OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 NO SUCH CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE  MAY  ACCEPT  ANY  CONTRIBUTION
 FROM ANY CONTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN: (I)
 IN  THE  CASE  OF  ANY ELECTION FOR PARTY POSITION, OR FOR NOMINATION TO
 PUBLIC OFFICE, THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE
 CANDIDATE'S PARTY IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE IS A CANDIDATE,  EXCLUDING
 VOTERS  IN  INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.05, AND (II) IN THE CASE OF
 ANY ELECTION FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE, THE PRODUCT OF  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF
 REGISTERED  VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, EXCLUDING VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS,
 MULTIPLIED BY $.05, HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF A NOMINATION WITHIN THE  CITY
 OF  NEW  YORK  FOR  THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC ADVOCATE OR COMPTROLLER,
 SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR  MORE  THAN
 TWELVE  THOUSAND DOLLARS AS INCREASED OR DECREASED BY THE COST OF LIVING
 ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH E OF THIS SUBDIVISION; IN THE CASE  OF
 AN  ELECTION WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC
 ADVOCATE OR COMPTROLLER, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS  AS  INCREASED  OR
 DECREASED  BY  THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH E OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION; IN THE CASE OF A  NOMINATION  OR  ELECTION  FOR  STATE
 SENATOR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; IN THE CASE OF AN ELECTION OR NOMINATION
 FOR  A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDED HOWEVER,
 THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE SO CONTRIBUTED OR ACCEPTED, IN  THE
 AGGREGATE,  FROM ANY CANDIDATE'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, BROTHER AND
 SISTER, AND THE SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH PERSONS, SHALL NOT EXCEED IN THE CASE
 OF ANY ELECTION FOR PARTY POSITION OR NOMINATION FOR  PUBLIC  OFFICE  AN
 AMOUNT  EQUIVALENT  TO  THE NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S
 PARTY IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE IS A CANDIDATE,  EXCLUDING  VOTERS  IN
 INACTIVE  STATUS,  MULTIPLIED BY $.25 AND IN THE CASE OF ANY ELECTION TO
 PUBLIC OFFICE, AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF  REGISTERED  VOTERS
 IN  THE  DISTRICT,  EXCLUDING  VOTERS  IN INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY
 $.25; OR TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, OR  IN  THE
 CASE  OF  A  NOMINATION  OR ELECTION OF A STATE SENATOR, TWENTY THOUSAND
 DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER,  OR  IN  THE  CASE  OF  A  NOMINATION  OR
 ELECTION  OF  A  MEMBER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY, TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
 DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL  ANY  SUCH  MAXIMUM
 EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   E. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in [nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, the state board shall
 determine  the  percentage  of  the  difference  between the most recent
 available monthly consumer price index for all urban consumers published
 by the United States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer  price
 index  published for the same month four years previously. The amount of
 each contribution limit fixed AND EXPRESSLY IDENTIFIED FOR ADJUSTMENT in
 this subdivision shall be adjusted by  the  amount  of  such  percentage
 difference  to the closest one hundred dollars by the state board which,
 not later than the first day of February in each such year, shall  issue
 a regulation publishing the amount of each such contribution limit. Each
 contribution  limit  as  so  adjusted shall be the contribution limit in
 effect for any election held before the next such adjustment.

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   F. EACH PARTY OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE MAY TRANSFER TO,  OR  SPEND  TO
 ELECT OR OPPOSE A CANDIDATE, OR TRANSFER TO ANOTHER PARTY OR CONSTITUTED
 COMMITTEE,  NO MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ELECTION, EXCEPT THAT
 SUCH COMMITTEE MAY IN ADDITION TO SUCH TRANSFERS OR EXPENDITURES:
   (I) IN A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION TRANSFER TO, OR SPEND TO ELECT OR
 OPPOSE A CANDIDATE, NO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS RECEIVED FROM EACH
 CONTRIBUTOR; AND
   (II)  IN  ANY  ELECTION  SPEND  WITHOUT  LIMITATION  FOR NON-CANDIDATE
 EXPENDITURES NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO ELECT A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR
 CANDIDATES.
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  CONTRIBUTION  LIMIT  IN  THIS  SECTION,
 PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATES  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION
 14-200-A OF THIS ARTICLE MAY CONTRIBUTE, OUT OF THEIR OWN  MONEY,  THREE
 TIMES  THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT TO THEIR OWN AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE.
   10. [a.] No contributor may make a contribution to a party or  consti-
 tuted committee and no such committee may accept a contribution from any
 contributor which, in the aggregate, is greater than [sixty-two thousand
 five hundred] TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND dollars per annum.
   [b. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five, the state board shall determine the percentage
 of  the  difference  between  the most recent available monthly consumer
 price index for all urban  consumers  published  by  the  United  States
 bureau  of  labor statistics and such consumer price index published for
 the same month four years previously. The amount  of  such  contribution
 limit  fixed in paragraph a of this subdivision shall be adjusted by the
 amount of such percentage difference to the closest one hundred  dollars
 by  the  state  board which, not later than the first day of February in
 each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount  of  such
 contribution  limit. Such contribution limit as so adjusted shall be the
 contribution limit in effect for any election held before the next  such
 adjustment.]
   §  7. Sections 14-100 through 14-132 of article 14 of the election law
 are designated title I and a new title  heading  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
 
                    CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
 
   §  8.  Article 14 of the election law is amended by adding a new title
 II to read as follows:
                                 TITLE II
                             PUBLIC FINANCING
 SECTION 14-200.   LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.
         14-200-A. DEFINITIONS.
         14-201.   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
         14-202.   CONTRIBUTIONS.
         14-203.   PROOF OF COMPLIANCE.
         14-204.   ELIGIBILITY.
         14-205.   LIMITS ON PUBLIC FINANCING.
         14-206.   PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS.
         14-207.   USE  OF  PUBLIC  MATCHING  FUNDS;  QUALIFIED  CAMPAIGN
                     EXPENDITURES.
         14-208.   POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
         14-209.   AUDITS AND REPAYMENTS.
         14-210.   ENFORCEMENT  AND  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS AND OTHER
                     PROCEEDINGS.

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         14-211.   REPORTS.
         14-212.   DEBATES FOR CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE.
         14-213.   SEVERABILITY.
   § 14-200. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT
 REFORM OF NEW YORK STATE'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM IS CRUCIAL TO IMPROV-
 ING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND CONTINUING
 TO  ENSURE  A GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL OF THE VOTERS OF THE
 STATE REGARDLESS OF WEALTH OR POSITION. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS  THAT  NEW
 YORK'S  CURRENT SYSTEM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE, WITH ITS LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS
 TO CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE AND PARTY COMMITTEES, HAS CREATED THE POTENTIAL
 FOR AND THE APPEARANCE OF CORRUPTION.   THE  LEGISLATURE  FURTHER  FINDS
 THAT,  WHETHER OR NOT THIS SYSTEM CREATES ACTUAL CORRUPTION, THE APPEAR-
 ANCE OF SUCH CORRUPTION CAN GIVE RISE TO A DISTRUST  IN  GOVERNMENT  AND
 CITIZEN  APATHY THAT UNDERMINE THE DEMOCRATIC OPERATION OF THE POLITICAL
 PROCESS.
   THE LEGISLATURE ALSO FINDS THAT THE HIGH COST OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN
 NEW YORK DISCOURAGES QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FROM RUNNING  FOR  OFFICE  AND
 CREATES AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM THAT ENCOURAGES CANDIDATES TO SPEND TOO MUCH
 TIME  RAISING MONEY RATHER THAN ATTENDING TO THE DUTIES OF THEIR OFFICE,
 REPRESENTING THE NEEDS OF THEIR  CONSTITUENTS,  AND  COMMUNICATING  WITH
 VOTERS.
   THE  LEGISLATURE AMENDS THIS CHAPTER CREATING A NEW TITLE TWO TO ARTI-
 CLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER TO REDUCE THE  POSSIBILITY  AND  APPEARANCE
 THAT SPECIAL INTERESTS EXERCISE UNDUE INFLUENCE OVER STATE OFFICIALS; TO
 INCREASE  THE ACTUAL AND APPARENT RESPONSIVENESS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
 ALL VOTERS; TO ENCOURAGE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE; AND  TO
 REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES TO SPEND LARGE AMOUNTS OF TIME RAISING
 LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS.
   THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT THIS ARTICLE'S LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS
 FURTHER   THE  GOVERNMENT'S  INTEREST  IN  REDUCING  REAL  AND  APPARENT
 CORRUPTION AND IN BUILDING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS
 THAT  THE  CONTRIBUTION LEVELS ARE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO ALLOW CANDIDATES
 AND POLITICAL PARTIES TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO RUN EFFECTIVE  CAMPAIGNS.
 IN  ADDITION,  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT GRADUATED CONTRIBUTION LIMITA-
 TIONS REFLECT THE CAMPAIGN NEEDS OF CANDIDATES FOR DIFFERENT OFFICES.
   THE LEGISLATURE ALSO FINDS THAT THE SYSTEM OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC FINANC-
 ING FURTHERS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST IN ENCOURAGING  QUALIFIED  CANDI-
 DATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT THE VOLUNTARY PUBLIC
 FUNDING  PROGRAM  WILL  ENLARGE  THE  PUBLIC DEBATE AND INCREASE PARTIC-
 IPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. IN ADDITION,  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS
 THAT  THE  VOLUNTARY  EXPENDITURE  LIMITATIONS AND MATCHING FUND PROGRAM
 REDUCE THE BURDEN ON CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS TO SPEND TIME  RAISING
 MONEY FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS.
   THEREFORE,  THE LEGISLATURE DECLARES THAT THESE AMENDMENTS FURTHER THE
 IMPORTANT AND VALID  GOVERNMENT  INTERESTS  OF  REDUCING  VOTER  APATHY,
 BUILDING  CONFIDENCE  IN GOVERNMENT, REDUCING THE REALITY AND APPEARANCE
 OF CORRUPTION, AND ENCOURAGING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO RUN  FOR  OFFICE,
 WHILE REDUCING CANDIDATES' AND OFFICEHOLDERS' FUNDRAISING BURDENS.
   §  14-200-A. DEFINITIONS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOW-
 ING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. THE TERM "AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE" SHALL  MEAN  THE  SINGLE  POLITICAL
 COMMITTEE  DESIGNATED  BY A CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-201 OF THIS
 TITLE TO RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKE EXPENDITURES IN SUPPORT  OF  THE
 CANDIDATE'S CAMPAIGN.
   2. THE TERM "BOARD" SHALL MEAN THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

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   3.  THE  TERM "CONTRIBUTION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS APPEARS IN
 SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION 14-100 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   4. THE TERM "CONTRIBUTOR" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT MAKES A
 CONTRIBUTION.
   5.  THE  TERM  "COVERED  ELECTION" SHALL MEAN ANY PRIMARY, GENERAL, OR
 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO THE OFFICE
 OF GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL,  STATE  COMPTROLLER,
 STATE SENATOR, OR MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
   6.  THE  TERM "ELECTION CYCLE" SHALL MEAN THE TWO YEAR PERIOD STARTING
 THE DAY AFTER THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION FOR  CANDIDATES  FOR  THE  STATE
 LEGISLATURE  AND  SHALL MEAN THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD STARTING AFTER THE DAY
 AFTER THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION FOR CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE.
   7. THE TERM "EXPENDITURE" SHALL MEAN ANY GIFT, SUBSCRIPTION,  ADVANCE,
 PAYMENT, OR DEPOSIT OF MONEY OR ANYTHING OF VALUE, OR A CONTRACT TO MAKE
 ANY  GIFT,  SUBSCRIPTION,  PAYMENT,  OR  DEPOSIT OF MONEY OR ANYTHING OF
 VALUE, MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION,
 OF ANY CANDIDATE.  EXPENDITURES MADE BY CONTRACT ARE  DEEMED  MADE  WHEN
 SUCH FUNDS ARE OBLIGATED.
   8.  THE  TERM  "FUND"  SHALL  MEAN THE NEW YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
 FUND.
   9. THE TERM "IMMEDIATE FAMILY" SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, DOMESTIC  PARTNER,
 CHILD, SIBLING OR PARENT.
   10.  THE  TERM  "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION,
 PARTNERSHIP, POLITICAL COMMITTEE, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION OR OTHER  ENTITY
 WHICH BUNDLES, CAUSES TO BE DELIVERED OR OTHERWISE DELIVERS ANY CONTRIB-
 UTION FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO A CANDIDATE OR AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE,  OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY
 OR MESSENGER SERVICE.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN  "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PARENTS, CHILDREN OR SIBLINGS OF
 THE  PERSON  MAKING  SUCH CONTRIBUTION OR A STAFF MEMBER OR VOLUNTEER OF
 THE CAMPAIGN IDENTIFIED IN WRITING TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. HERE
 "CAUSES TO BE DELIVERED" SHALL INCLUDE PROVIDING POSTAGE,  ENVELOPES  OR
 OTHER  SHIPPING  MATERIALS FOR THE USE OF DELIVERING THE CONTRIBUTION TO
 THE ULTIMATE RECIPIENT.
   11. THE TERM "ITEM WITH  SIGNIFICANT  INTRINSIC  AND  ENDURING  VALUE"
 SHALL  MEAN  ANY ITEM, INCLUDING TICKETS TO AN EVENT, THAT ARE VALUED AT
 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE.
   12. (A) THE TERM "MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTION" SHALL MEAN  A  CONTRIBUTION,
 CONTRIBUTIONS  OR  A  PORTION OF A CONTRIBUTION OR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANY
 COVERED ELECTIONS HELD IN THE SAME ELECTION CYCLE,  MADE  BY  A  NATURAL
 PERSON  WHO  IS  A  RESIDENT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO A PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATE, THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FULL TO  THE  BOARD  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH  SECTIONS  14-102  AND  14-104  OF  THIS ARTICLE BY THE CANDIDATE'S
 AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE AND HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED ON OR BEFORE  THE  DAY  OF
 THE  APPLICABLE  PRIMARY,  GENERAL,  RUNOFF  OR  SPECIAL  ELECTION.  ANY
 CONTRIBUTION, CONTRIBUTIONS, OR A PORTION OF A  CONTRIBUTION  DETERMINED
 TO  BE  INVALID  FOR MATCHING FUNDS BY THE BOARD MAY NOT BE TREATED AS A
 MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTION FOR ANY PURPOSE.
   (B) THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT MATCHABLE:
   (I) LOANS;
   (II) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROPERTY, GOODS, OR SERVICES;
   (III) CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID FOR AN ITEM
 WITH SIGNIFICANT INTRINSIC AND ENDURING VALUE;
   (IV) TRANSFERS FROM A PARTY OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE;
   (V) ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OR CONTRIBUTIONS WHOSE SOURCE IS NOT ITEM-
 IZED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 14-201 OF THIS TITLE;

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   (VI) CONTRIBUTIONS GATHERED DURING A PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLE;
   (VII) ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS;
   (VIII) CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MINORS;
   (IX) CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VENDORS FOR CAMPAIGNS; AND
   (X)  CONTRIBUTIONS  FROM  LOBBYISTS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 (A) OF SECTION ONE-C OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW.
   13. THE TERM "NONPARTICIPATING CANDIDATE" SHALL MEAN A CANDIDATE FOR A
 COVERED ELECTION WHO FAILS TO FILE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION IN  THE  FORM
 OF  AN  AFFIDAVIT  UNDER  SECTION 14-204 OF THIS TITLE BY THE APPLICABLE
 DEADLINE.
   14. THE TERM "PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE" SHALL MEAN  ANY  CANDIDATE  FOR
 NOMINATION  FOR  ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR, LIEU-
 TENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE COMPTROLLER, STATE SENATOR,  OR
 MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, WHO FILES A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM OF
 AN  AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-204 OF THIS TITLE BY THE APPLICABLE
 DEADLINE.
   15. THE TERM "POST-ELECTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN THE PERIOD FOLLOWING AN
 ELECTION WHEN A CANDIDATE IS SUBJECT TO AN AUDIT.
   16. THE TERM "QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE" SHALL MEAN  AN  EXPENDI-
 TURE FOR WHICH PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS MAY BE USED.
   17.  THE  TERM  "THRESHOLD  FOR  ELIGIBILITY" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT OF
 MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT A  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  MUST
 RECEIVE  IN  TOTAL  IN ORDER FOR SUCH CANDIDATE TO QUALIFY FOR VOLUNTARY
 PUBLIC FINANCING UNDER THIS TITLE.
   18. THE TERM "TRANSFER" SHALL MEAN ANY EXCHANGE  OF  FUNDS  BETWEEN  A
 PARTY  OR  CONSTITUTED  COMMITTEE  AND  A CANDIDATE OR ANY OF HIS OR HER
 AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES.
   § 14-201. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.   1. POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  REGISTRA-
 TION.  POLITICAL  COMMITTEES  AS  DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 14-100 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL  REGISTER  WITH  THE  BOARD  BEFORE
 MAKING ANY CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE.  THE BOARD SHALL PUBLISH A CUMU-
 LATIVE  LIST  OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES THAT HAVE REGISTERED, INCLUDING ON
 ITS WEBPAGE, AND REGULARLY UPDATE IT.
   2. ONLY ONE AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE PER  CANDIDATE  PER  ELECTIVE  OFFICE
 SOUGHT.  BEFORE RECEIVING ANY CONTRIBUTION OR MAKING ANY EXPENDITURE FOR
 A  COVERED  ELECTION,  EACH  CANDIDATE  SHALL NOTIFY THE BOARD AS TO THE
 EXISTENCE OF HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN  APPROVED  BY
 SUCH  CANDIDATE.  EACH  CANDIDATE SHALL HAVE ONE AND ONLY ONE AUTHORIZED
 COMMITTEE PER ELECTIVE OFFICE SOUGHT. EACH  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  SHALL
 HAVE  A  TREASURER  AND  IS SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS FOUND IN SECTION
 14-112 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3. (A) DETAILED REPORTING. IN ADDITION TO EACH  AUTHORIZED  AND  POLI-
 TICAL  COMMITTEE  REPORTING  TO  THE  BOARD  EVERY CONTRIBUTION AND LOAN
 RECEIVED AND EVERY EXPENDITURE MADE IN THE TIME AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY
 SECTIONS 14-102, 14-104 AND 14-108 OF THIS ARTICLE, EACH AUTHORIZED  AND
 POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  SHALL  ALSO  SUBMIT  DISCLOSURE  REPORTS  ON MARCH
 FIFTEENTH AND MAY FIFTEENTH OF EACH ELECTION YEAR REPORTING TO THE BOARD
 EVERY CONTRIBUTION AND LOAN RECEIVED AND EVERY EXPENDITURE  MADE.    FOR
 CONTRIBUTORS  WHO  MAKE  CONTRIBUTIONS  OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE,
 EACH AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT TO  THE  BOARD  THE
 OCCUPATION, AND BUSINESS ADDRESS OF EACH CONTRIBUTOR, LENDER, AND INTER-
 MEDIARY.  THE  BOARD SHALL REVISE, PREPARE AND POST FORMS ON ITS WEBPAGE
 THAT FACILITATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   (B) BOARD REVIEW. THE BOARD SHALL REVIEW EACH DISCLOSURE REPORT  FILED
 AND  SHALL  INFORM AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES OF RELEVANT QUES-
 TIONS IT HAS CONCERNING: (I) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THIS  TITLE

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 AND OF THE RULES ISSUED BY THE BOARD; AND (II) QUALIFICATION FOR RECEIV-
 ING  PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. IN THE COURSE OF THIS
 REVIEW, IT SHALL GIVE AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES AN OPPORTUNITY
 TO  RESPOND  TO  AND CORRECT POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS AND GIVE CANDIDATES AN
 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS  QUESTIONS  IT  HAS  CONCERNING  THEIR  MATCHABLE
 CONTRIBUTION CLAIMS OR OTHER ISSUES CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIVING
 PUBLIC  MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL PRECLUDE THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL FROM SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWING
 SUCH DISCLOSURE REPORTS AND TAKING ANY ACTION OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED UNDER
 THIS TITLE.
   (C) ITEMIZATION. CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE NOT ITEMIZED IN REPORTS  FILED
 WITH THE BOARD SHALL NOT BE MATCHABLE.
   (D)  OPTION TO FILE MORE FREQUENTLY. PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES MAY FILE
 REPORTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS AS FREQUENTLY AS ONCE A WEEK ON MONDAY SO  THAT
 THEIR MATCHING FUNDS MAY BE PAID AT THE EARLIEST ALLOWABLE DATE.
   §  14-202. CONTRIBUTIONS.   RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE  CONTRIBUTION  LIMITS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SECTION 14-114 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  14-203.  PROOF  OF  COMPLIANCE. AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 SHALL MAINTAIN SUCH RECORDS OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR  A  COVERED
 ELECTION  AS  REQUIRED BY THE BOARD. AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 SHALL OBTAIN AND FURNISH TO THE BOARD ANY  INFORMATION  IT  MAY  REQUEST
 RELATING  TO  FINANCIAL  TRANSACTIONS  OR CONTRIBUTIONS AND FURNISH SUCH
 DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS TITLE  AS  MAY  BE
 REQUESTED. IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 14-108 OF THIS ARTICLE, AUTHORIZED
 AND  POLITICAL  COMMITTEES  SHALL  MAINTAIN COPIES OF SUCH RECORDS FOR A
 PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
   § 14-204. ELIGIBILITY.  1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. TO  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 VOLUNTARY PUBLIC FINANCING UNDER THIS TITLE, A CANDIDATE MUST:
   (A) BE A CANDIDATE IN A COVERED ELECTION;
   (B)  MEET  ALL  THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW TO HAVE HIS OR HER NAME ON THE
 BALLOT;
   (C) IN THE CASE OF A COVERED GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION,  BE  OPPOSED
 BY ANOTHER CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT WHO IS NOT A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE;
   (D)  SUBMIT  A CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM OF AN AFFIDAVIT, IN SUCH FORM
 AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD, THAT SETS FORTH HIS OR HER ACCEPTANCE
 OF AND AGREEMENT TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE  TERMS  AND  CONDITIONS  FOR  THE
 PROVISION  OF SUCH FUNDS IN EACH COVERED ELECTION AND SUCH CERTIFICATION
 SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION PURSUANT  TO
 A SCHEDULE PROMULGATED BY THE BOARD;
   (E) BE CERTIFIED AS A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE BY THE BOARD;
   (F)  NOT  MAKE, AND NOT HAVE MADE, EXPENDITURES FROM OR USE HIS OR HER
 PERSONAL FUNDS OR PROPERTY OR THE PERSONAL  FUNDS  OR  PROPERTY  JOINTLY
 HELD  WITH  HIS  OR  HER SPOUSE, OR UNEMANCIPATED CHILDREN IN CONNECTION
 WITH HIS OR HER NOMINATION FOR ELECTION OR ELECTION TO A COVERED OFFICE,
 BUT MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO HIS OR HER  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  IN  AN
 AMOUNT  THAT  DOES  NOT  EXCEED  THREE TIMES THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION
 LIMIT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR TO CANDIDATES FOR THE  OFFICE  THAT
 HE OR SHE IS SEEKING;
   (G) MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION;
   (H)  CONTINUE  TO  ABIDE  BY ALL REQUIREMENTS DURING THE POST-ELECTION
 PERIOD;
   (I) AGREE NOT TO EXPEND FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES ANY PORTION OF ANY  PRE-
 EXISTING  FUNDS  RAISED FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION PRIOR TO
 THE FIRST DAY OF THE  ELECTION  CYCLE  FOR  WHICH  THE  CANDIDATE  SEEKS

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 CERTIFICATION. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT, IN
 ANY  WAY, ANY CANDIDATE OR PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM EXPENDING ANY PORTION OF
 PRE-EXISTING CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR ANY  LAWFUL  PURPOSE  OTHER  THAN  THOSE
 RELATED TO HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN; AND
   (J)  NOT HAVE ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THE CONTRIB-
 UTION LIMITS SET FORTH FOR PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN PARAGRAPHS A  AND
 B  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  14-114  OF THIS ARTICLE DURING THE
 ELECTION CYCLE FOR WHICH THE CANDIDATE SEEKS CERTIFICATION;
   (I) PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT,  IF  A  CANDIDATE  ACCEPTED  CONTRIBUTIONS
 EXCEEDING  SUCH  LIMITS  BEFORE CERTIFICATION, SUCH ACCEPTANCE SHALL NOT
 PREVENT THE CANDIDATE FROM BEING CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD IF THE CANDIDATE
 IMMEDIATELY PAYS TO THE FUND OR RETURNS TO THE CONTRIBUTOR  THE  PORTION
 OF ANY CONTRIBUTION THAT EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.
   (II)  IF  THE  CANDIDATE  IS  UNABLE  TO RETURN SUCH FUNDS IMMEDIATELY
 BECAUSE THEY  HAVE  ALREADY  BEEN  SPENT,  ACCEPTANCE  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS
 EXCEEDING  THE  LIMITS SHALL NOT PREVENT THE CANDIDATE FROM BEING CERTI-
 FIED BY THE BOARD IF THE CANDIDATE SUBMITS AN AFFIDAVIT AGREEING TO  PAY
 TO THE FUND ALL PORTIONS OF ANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EXCEEDED THE LIMIT NO
 LATER  THAN  THIRTY  DAYS  BEFORE  THE  GENERAL ELECTION. IF A CANDIDATE
 PROVIDES THE BOARD WITH SUCH AN AFFIDAVIT, ANY  DISBURSEMENT  OF  PUBLIC
 FUNDS  TO THE CANDIDATE MADE UNDER SECTION 14-206 OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE
 REDUCED BY NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT UNTIL THE TOTAL AMOUNT  OWED
 BY THE CANDIDATE IS REPAID.
   (III) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO REQUIRE A CANDI-
 DATE  WHO  RETAINS  FUNDS  RAISED  DURING  A  PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLE TO
 FORFEIT SUCH FUNDS. FUNDS RAISED DURING A PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLE MAY BE
 RETAINED, BUT ONLY IF THE CANDIDATE PLACES THE FUNDS IN ESCROW.
   (IV) CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AND EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE CANDIDATE  OR
 AN  AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OF THE CANDIDATE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS TITLE SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE.    UNEXPENDED
 CONTRIBUTIONS  SHALL  BE  TREATED  THE  SAME AS CAMPAIGN SURPLUSES UNDER
 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   2. THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY. (A) THE THRESHOLD  FOR  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
 PUBLIC FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES SHALL BE IN THE CASE OF:
   (I)  GOVERNOR,  NOT  LESS  THAN  SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
 MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING AT LEAST  SIX  THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED
 MATCHABLE  CONTRIBUTIONS  COMPRISED  OF SUMS BETWEEN TEN AND ONE HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER CONTRIBUTOR, FROM RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK STATE;
   (II) LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND COMPTROLLER, NOT  LESS
 THAN  TWO  HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING
 AT LEAST TWO THOUSAND MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS COMPRISED OF SUMS  BETWEEN
 TEN AND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER CONTRIBUTOR, FROM RESIDENTS
 OF NEW YORK STATE;
   (III)  STATE SENATOR, NOT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MATCHA-
 BLE CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
 COMPRISED OF SUMS BETWEEN TEN AND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  PER
 CONTRIBUTOR,  FROM  RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SEAT IS TO BE
 FILLED; AND
   (IV) MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, NOT LESS THAN  TEN  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  IN
 MATCHABLE   CONTRIBUTIONS  INCLUDING  AT  LEAST  ONE  HUNDRED  MATCHABLE
 CONTRIBUTIONS COMPRISED OF SUMS BETWEEN TEN AND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
 DOLLARS PER CONTRIBUTOR, FROM RESIDENTS OF THE  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  THE
 SEAT IS TO BE FILLED.
   (B)  ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE MEETING THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY
 IN A PRIMARY ELECTION FOR ONE OF THE FOREGOING OFFICES SHALL  BE  DEEMED

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 TO  HAVE  MET THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH OFFICE IN ANY OTHER
 SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HELD IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR.
   (C)  THE  BOARD  SHALL  ADJUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF EACH THRESHOLD FOR
 ELIGIBILITY FIXED IN THIS  SECTION  BY  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE  PERCENTAGE
 DIFFERENCE  IN  THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CALCULATED AND PUBLISHED BY THE
 BOARD PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  14-114  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE  TO  THE  CLOSEST  ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. NOT LATER THAN THE
 FIRST DAY OF MARCH IN EACH SUCH YEAR, THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE A REGULATION
 PUBLISHING THE AMOUNT OF  EACH  SUCH  THRESHOLD  FOR  ELIGIBILITY.  EACH
 THRESHOLD  FOR  ELIGIBILITY  AS  SO  ADJUSTED SHALL BE THE THRESHOLD FOR
 ELIGIBILITY IN EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING  OF  THE  NEXT  ELECTION  CYCLE
 UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE ELECTION CYCLE FOLLOWING THE NEXT ADJUSTMENT,
 AT  WHICH TIME THE NEXT ADJUSTMENT SHALL TAKE EFFECT. THIS PROCESS SHALL
 BE REPEATED FOR EACH ADJUSTMENT THEREAFTER.   THE ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-
 FIVE  DOLLAR  MAXIMUM  AMOUNT FOR THE MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT FUNDS
 RAISED MUST BE COMPRISED OF TO MEET THE THRESHOLDS FOR  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
 CANDIDATES  FIXED  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE ADJUSTED BY THE AMOUNT OF
 PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCE TO THE CLOSEST ONE DOLLAR BY THE BOARD WHICH,  NOT
 LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH IN EACH SUCH YEAR, SHALL ISSUE A REGU-
 LATION  PUBLISHING  SUCH  MAXIMUM  AMOUNTS. THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
 DOLLAR MAXIMUM AMOUNTS AS SO ADJUSTED SHALL BE IN EFFECT FROM THE BEGIN-
 NING OF THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE UNTIL  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  ELECTION
 CYCLE  FOLLOWING  THE NEXT ADJUSTMENT, AT WHICH TIME THE NEXT ADJUSTMENT
 SHALL TAKE EFFECT. THIS PROCESS SHALL BE REPEATED  FOR  EACH  ADJUSTMENT
 THEREAFTER.
   §  14-205. LIMITS ON PUBLIC FINANCING. THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS APPLY
 TO THE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS THAT MAY BE PROVIDED TO  A  PARTIC-
 IPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FOR AN ELECTION CYCLE:
   1.  IN  ANY PRIMARY ELECTION, RECEIPT OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATES AND BY THEIR PARTICIPATING COMMITTEES SHALL NOT EXCEED:
   (I) FOR GOVERNOR, THE SUM OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS;
   (II) FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, COMPTROLLER OR ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SUM
 OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS;
   (III) FOR SENATOR, THE SUM  OF  THREE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS;
   (IV)  FOR  MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   2. IN ANY GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION, RECEIPT OF PUBLIC  FUNDS  BY  A
 PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEES  SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
 FOLLOWING AMOUNTS:
 CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF:
 GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (COMBINED)                  $10,000,000
 ATTORNEY GENERAL                                             $4,000,000
 COMPTROLLER                                                  $4,000,000
 MEMBER OF SENATE                                             $375,000
 MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY                                           $175,000
   3. NO PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION FOR AN OFFICE WHO IS  NOT
 OPPOSED  BY  A  CANDIDATE  ON  THE BALLOT IN A PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL BE
 ENTITLED TO PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS, EXCEPT THAT,  WHERE  THERE
 IS A CONTEST IN SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION FOR THE NOMINATION OF AT LEAST ONE
 OF  THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES WITH THE HIGHEST AND SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER
 OF ENROLLED MEMBERS FOR SUCH OFFICE, A PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE  WHO  IS
 UNOPPOSED  IN  THE  PRIMARY ELECTION MAY RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDS BEFORE THE
 PRIMARY ELECTION, FOR EXPENSES INCURRED ON OR BEFORE THE  DATE  OF  SUCH
 PRIMARY  ELECTION, IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO UP TO HALF THE SUM SET FORTH IN
 PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SECTION.

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   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT THE  AMOUNT  OF
 PRIVATE  FUNDS  A  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE  MAY  RECEIVE SUBJECT TO THE
 CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES  CONTAINED  IN  SECTION
 14-114 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   5.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  ADJUST  THE AMOUNT OF EACH PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIPT
 LIMIT FIXED IN THIS SECTION BY THE AMOUNT OF THE  PERCENTAGE  DIFFERENCE
 IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CALCULATED AND PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD PURSU-
 ANT  TO PARAGRAPH E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 14-114 OF THIS ARTICLE
 TO THE CLOSEST ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. NOT LATER  THAN  THE  FIRST  DAY  OF
 MARCH  IN  EACH SUCH YEAR, THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE A REGULATION PUBLISHING
 THE AMOUNT OF SUCH LIMIT. EACH PUBLIC FUND RECEIPT LIMIT AS SO  ADJUSTED
 SHALL  BE THE PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIPT LIMIT IN EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OF
 THE NEXT ELECTION CYCLE  UNTIL  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  ELECTION  CYCLE
 FOLLOWING  THE  NEXT ADJUSTMENT, AT WHICH TIME THE NEXT ADJUSTMENT SHALL
 TAKE EFFECT. THIS PROCESS SHALL BE REPEATED FOR EACH  ADJUSTMENT  THERE-
 AFTER.
   § 14-206. PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS. 1. DETERMINATION OF ELIGI-
 BILITY.  NO PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO AN AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE UNLESS THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE HAS MET
 THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE. PAYMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
 AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE  MADE
 ONLY  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE. SUCH PAYMENT MAY
 BE MADE ONLY TO THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE.  NO
 PUBLIC  MATCHING  FUNDS SHALL BE USED EXCEPT AS REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT
 FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES ACTUALLY AND LAWFULLY INCURRED OR TO
 REPAY LOANS USED TO PAY QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES.
   2. CALCULATION OF PAYMENT. IF THE THRESHOLD FOR  ELIGIBILITY  IS  MET,
 THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE SHALL RECEIVE PAYMENT
 FOR  QUALIFIED  CAMPAIGN  EXPENDITURES OF SIX DOLLARS OF PUBLIC MATCHING
 FUNDS FOR EACH ONE DOLLAR OF MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR THE FIRST  ONE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OF ELIGIBLE PRIVATE FUNDS PER CONTRIBUTOR,
 OBTAINED AND REPORTED TO THE BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS TITLE. THE MAXIMUM PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS SHALL BE LIMIT-
 ED  TO  THE  AMOUNTS  SET  FORTH IN SECTION 14-205 OF THIS TITLE FOR THE
 COVERED ELECTION.
   THE BOARD  SHALL  ADJUST  THE  MAXIMUM  DOLLAR  AMOUNT  FOR  MATCHABLE
 CONTRIBUTIONS  FIXED IN THIS SUBDIVISION BY THE AMOUNT OF THE PERCENTAGE
 DIFFERENCE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CALCULATED BY THE BOARD  PURSUANT
 TO  PARAGRAPH  E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 14-114 OF THIS ARTICLE TO
 THE CLOSEST ONE DOLLAR. NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF  MARCH  IN  EACH
 YEAR THE BOARD MAKES THE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH  E OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 14-114 OF THIS ARTICLE, THE BOARD
 SHALL ISSUE A REGULATION PUBLISHING THE  AMOUNT  OF  EACH  SUCH  MAXIMUM
 DOLLAR  AMOUNT.  THE  MAXIMUM  DOLLAR AMOUNT AS SO ADJUSTED SHALL BE THE
 MAXIMUM DOLLAR AMOUNT IN EFFECT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT  ELECTION
 CYCLE  UNTIL  THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  ELECTION CYCLE FOLLOWING THE NEXT
 ADJUSTMENT, AT WHICH TIME THE NEXT ADJUSTMENT SHALL  TAKE  EFFECT.  THIS
 PROCESS SHALL BE REPEATED FOR EACH ADJUSTMENT THEREAFTER.
   3.  TIMING  OF  PAYMENT.  THE  BOARD  SHALL MAKE ANY PAYMENT OF PUBLIC
 MATCHING FUNDS TO PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES AS SOON  AS  IS  PRACTICABLE.
 BUT  IN ALL CASES, IT SHALL VERIFY ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS
 WITHIN FOUR DAYS,  EXCLUDING  WEEKENDS  AND  HOLIDAYS,  OF  RECEIVING  A
 CAMPAIGN  CONTRIBUTION REPORT FILED IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 14-104 OF
 THIS ARTICLE. WITHIN TWO DAYS OF DETERMINING  THAT  A  CANDIDATE  FOR  A
 COVERED OFFICE IS ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS, IT SHALL AUTHORIZE
 PAYMENT OF THE APPLICABLE MATCHING FUNDS OWED TO THE CANDIDATE. HOWEVER,

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 IT SHALL NOT MAKE ANY PAYMENTS OF PUBLIC MONEY EARLIER THAN THE EARLIEST
 DATES  FOR  MAKING  SUCH  PAYMENTS AS PROVIDED BY THIS TITLE.  IF ANY OF
 SUCH PAYMENTS WOULD REQUIRE PAYMENT ON A  WEEKEND  OR  FEDERAL  HOLIDAY,
 PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.
   4.  ELECTRONIC  FUNDS  TRANSFER. THE BOARD SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER, PROMULGATE RULES TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC
 FUNDS TRANSFERS DIRECTLY FROM THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND INTO AN  AUTHOR-
 IZED COMMITTEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.
   5.   IRREGULARLY   SCHEDULED   ELECTIONS.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER
 PROVISION OF THIS TITLE, THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES TO PROVIDE FOR
 THE PROMPT ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS TO  ELIGIBLE  PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATES  FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES IN THE CASE OF ANY OTHER
 COVERED ELECTION HELD ON A DAY DIFFERENT FROM THE DAY ORIGINALLY  SCHED-
 ULED  INCLUDING SPECIAL ELECTIONS. BUT IN ALL CASES, THE BOARD SHALL (A)
 WITHIN FOUR DAYS, EXCLUDING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS, OF RECEIVING A REPORT
 OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A CANDIDATE FOR A COVERED OFFICE  CLAIMING  ELIGI-
 BILITY FOR PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS VERIFY THAT CANDIDATE'S ELIGIBILITY FOR
 PUBLIC  MATCHING  FUNDS; AND (B) WITHIN TWO DAYS OF DETERMINING THAT THE
 CANDIDATE FOR A COVERED OFFICE IS ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS, IT
 SHALL AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF THE APPLICABLE MATCHING  FUNDS  OWED  TO  THE
 CANDIDATE.
   §  14-207.  USE  OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS; QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDI-
 TURES.  1. PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 TITLE  MAY  BE  USED ONLY BY AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FOR EXPENDITURES TO
 FURTHER  THE  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE'S  NOMINATION  FOR  ELECTION   OR
 ELECTION,  INCLUDING  PAYING FOR DEBTS INCURRED WITHIN ONE YEAR PRIOR TO
 AN ELECTION TO FURTHER  THE  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE'S  NOMINATION  FOR
 ELECTION OR ELECTION.
   2. SUCH PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR:
   (A) AN EXPENDITURE IN VIOLATION OF ANY LAW;
   (B)  AN  EXPENDITURE  IN  EXCESS OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF SERVICES,
 MATERIALS, FACILITIES OR OTHER THINGS OF VALUE RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE;
   (C) AN EXPENDITURE MADE AFTER THE CANDIDATE HAS BEEN FINALLY DISQUALI-
 FIED FROM THE BALLOT;
   (D) AN EXPENDITURE MADE AFTER  THE  ONLY  REMAINING  OPPONENT  OF  THE
 CANDIDATE  HAS  BEEN  FINALLY  DISQUALIFIED  FROM THE GENERAL OR SPECIAL
 ELECTION BALLOT;
   (E) AN EXPENDITURE MADE BY CASH PAYMENT;
   (F) A CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN OR  TRANSFER  MADE  TO  OR  EXPENDITURE  TO
 SUPPORT  ANOTHER  CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR PARTY COMMITTEE OR
 CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE;
   (G) AN EXPENDITURE TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE  A  CANDIDATE  FOR  AN  OFFICE
 OTHER THAN THAT WHICH THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE SEEKS;
   (H) GIFTS, EXCEPT BROCHURES, BUTTONS, SIGNS AND OTHER PRINTED CAMPAIGN
 MATERIAL;
   (I) LEGAL FEES TO DEFEND AGAINST A CRIMINAL CHARGE;
   (J)  PAYMENTS  TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPATING CANDI-
 DATE; OR
   (K) ANY EXPENDITURE MADE TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF ANY PETITION  OF
 DESIGNATION  OR NOMINATION OR ANY CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION, ACCEPTANCE,
 AUTHORIZATION, DECLINATION OR SUBSTITUTION.
   § 14-208. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.  1. ADVISORY  OPINIONS.  THE
 BOARD  SHALL  RENDER ADVISORY OPINIONS WITH RESPECT TO QUESTIONS ARISING
 UNDER THIS TITLE UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF A CANDIDATE, AN OFFICER  OF
 A  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, OR UPON ITS OWN INITI-
 ATIVE.  THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES REGARDING REASONABLE  TIMES  TO

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 RESPOND  TO  SUCH REQUESTS. THE BOARD SHALL MAKE PUBLIC THE QUESTIONS OF
 INTERPRETATION FOR WHICH ADVISORY OPINIONS WILL  BE  CONSIDERED  BY  THE
 BOARD AND ITS ADVISORY OPINIONS, INCLUDING BY PUBLICATION ON ITS WEBPAGE
 WITH  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  REDACTED  AS  THE BOARD DETERMINES TO BE
 APPROPRIATE.
   2. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CANDIDATE EDUCATION. THE BOARD SHALL DEVELOP
 A PROGRAM FOR INFORMING CANDIDATES AND THE PUBLIC AS TO THE PURPOSE  AND
 EFFECT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF A WEBPAGE.
 THE BOARD SHALL PREPARE IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND MAKE AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL
 MATERIALS,  INCLUDING  COMPLIANCE MANUALS AND SUMMARIES AND EXPLANATIONS
 OF THE PURPOSES AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE. THE BOARD SHALL PREPARE OR
 HAVE PREPARED AND MAKE AVAILABLE MATERIALS,  INCLUDING,  TO  THE  EXTENT
 FEASIBLE,  COMPUTER  SOFTWARE, TO FACILITATE THE TASK OF COMPLIANCE WITH
 THE DISCLOSURE AND RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE.
   3. RULES AND REGULATIONS.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  HAVE  THE  AUTHORITY  TO
 PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROVIDE SUCH FORMS AS IT DEEMS
 NECESSARY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS TITLE.
   4.  DATABASE.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  DEVELOP  AN  INTERACTIVE, SEARCHABLE
 COMPUTER DATABASE THAT SHALL CONTAIN ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY  FOR  THE
 PROPER  ADMINISTRATION  OF  THIS TITLE INCLUDING INFORMATION ON CONTRIB-
 UTIONS TO AND EXPENDITURES BY CANDIDATES AND THEIR AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE,
 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES IN SUPPORT  OR  OPPOSITION  OF  CANDIDATES  FOR
 COVERED  OFFICES,  AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF MONEYS FROM THE FUND. SUCH DATA-
 BASE SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD'S WEBPAGE.
   5. THE BOARD SHALL WORK WITH THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL TO  ENFORCE
 THIS SECTION.
   § 14-209. AUDITS AND REPAYMENTS.  1. AUDITS. (A) THE BOARD SHALL AUDIT
 AND  EXAMINE  ALL  MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THIS
 TITLE AND SHALL COMPLETE SUCH AUDIT NO LATER THAN  ONE  YEAR  AFTER  THE
 ELECTION  IN QUESTION.  THIS DEADLINE SHALL NOT APPLY IN CASES INVOLVING
 POTENTIAL CAMPAIGN-RELATED FRAUD,  KNOWING  AND  WILLFUL  VIOLATIONS  OF
 ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
   (B)  EVERY  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE WHO RECEIVES
 PUBLIC FUNDS UNDER THIS TITLE SHALL BE AUDITED BY THE BOARD.
   (C) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE BOARD
 SHALL SELECT NOT MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT OF ALL PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES
 IN COVERED ELECTIONS FOR AUDIT THROUGH A  LOTTERY.  A  SEPARATE  LOTTERY
 SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED  FOR EACH OFFICE. THE BOARD SHALL SELECT SENATE AND
 ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS TO BE AUDITED, AUDITING EVERY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE
 IN EACH SELECTED DISTRICT, WHILE ENSURING THAT  THE  NUMBER  OF  AUDITED
 CANDIDATES  WITHIN  THOSE DISTRICTS DOES NOT EXCEED FIFTY PERCENT OF ALL
 PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES FOR THE RELEVANT OFFICE. THE LOTTERY FOR SENATE
 AND ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS SHALL BE WEIGHTED TO INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT
 A DISTRICT FOR THE RELEVANT OFFICE IS AUDITED BASED ON HOW FREQUENTLY IT
 HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED  FOR  AUDITING  DURING  THE  PAST  THREE  ELECTION
 CYCLES.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  CONCERNING  THE METHOD OF
 WEIGHTING THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY LOTTERIES,  INCLUDING  PROVISIONS  FOR
 THE FIRST THREE ELECTION CYCLES FOR EACH OFFICE.
   (D) THE COST OF COMPLYING WITH A POST-ELECTION AUDIT SHALL BE BORNE BY
 THE  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE USING PUBLIC FUNDS, PRIVATE FUNDS
 OR ANY COMBINATION OF SUCH FUNDS. CANDIDATES WHO RUN IN ANY  PRIMARY  OR
 GENERAL  ELECTION MUST MAINTAIN A RESERVE OF THREE PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC
 FUNDS RECEIVED TO COMPLY WITH THE POST-ELECTION AUDIT.
   (E) THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE TO  EACH  CAMPAIGN  AUDITED  A  FINAL  AUDIT
 REPORT THAT DETAILS ITS FINDINGS.

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   2.  REPAYMENTS.  (A)  IF  THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT ANY PORTION OF THE
 PAYMENT MADE TO A CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FROM THE FUND WAS  IN
 EXCESS  OF  THE  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  OF  PAYMENTS THAT SUCH CANDIDATE WAS
 ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, IT SHALL NOTIFY SUCH COMMIT-
 TEE  AND  SUCH  COMMITTEE  SHALL PAY TO THE BOARD AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
 AMOUNT OF EXCESS PAYMENTS. PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  IF  THE  ERRONEOUS
 PAYMENT  WAS  THE  RESULT  OF  AN ERROR BY THE BOARD, THEN THE ERRONEOUS
 PAYMENT WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM ANY FUTURE PAYMENT,  IF  ANY,  AND  IF  NO
 FUTURE  PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE THEN NEITHER THE CANDIDATE NOR THE COMMIT-
 TEE SHALL BE LIABLE TO REPAY THE EXCESS AMOUNT TO THE BOARD. THE  CANDI-
 DATE, THE TREASURER AND THE CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE ARE JOINTLY
 AND SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR ANY REPAYMENTS TO THE BOARD.
   (B)  IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT ANY PORTION OF THE PAYMENT MADE TO A
 CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FROM THE FUND  WAS  USED  FOR  PURPOSES
 OTHER  THAN  QUALIFIED  CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES AND SUCH EXPENDITURES WERE
 NOT APPROVED BY THE BOARD, IT SHALL NOTIFY SUCH COMMITTEE OF THE  AMOUNT
 SO  DISQUALIFIED  AND  SUCH  COMMITTEE  SHALL PAY TO THE BOARD AN AMOUNT
 EQUAL TO SUCH DISQUALIFIED AMOUNT. THE CANDIDATE, THE TREASURER AND  THE
 CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  ARE JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR
 ANY REPAYMENTS TO THE BOARD.
   (C) IF THE TOTAL OF PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND RECEIVED BY A PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATE AND HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE EXCEED THE TOTAL  CAMPAIGN
 EXPENDITURES  OF SUCH CANDIDATE AND AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FOR ALL COVERED
 ELECTIONS HELD IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR OR FOR A  SPECIAL  ELECTION  TO
 FILL A VACANCY, SUCH CANDIDATE AND COMMITTEE SHALL USE SUCH EXCESS FUNDS
 TO REIMBURSE THE FUND FOR PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY SUCH AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE
 FROM  THE  FUND  DURING SUCH CALENDAR YEAR OR FOR SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION.
 PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES SHALL PAY TO THE BOARD UNSPENT PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN
 FUNDS  FROM  AN  ELECTION  NOT  LATER  THAN  TWENTY-SEVEN DAYS AFTER ALL
 LIABILITIES FOR THE ELECTION HAVE BEEN PAID AND IN ANY EVENT, NOT  LATER
 THAN  THE  DAY  ON WHICH THE BOARD ISSUES ITS FINAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE
 PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT
 ALL UNSPENT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE SHALL BE
 IMMEDIATELY  DUE  AND  PAYABLE  TO THE BOARD UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE
 BOARD THAT THE  PARTICIPANT  HAS  DELAYED  THE  POST-ELECTION  AUDIT.  A
 PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE MAY MAKE POST-ELECTION EXPENDITURES WITH PUBLIC
 FUNDS ONLY FOR ROUTINE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING NOMINAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH
 WINDING UP A CAMPAIGN AND RESPONDING TO THE POST-ELECTION AUDIT.   NOTH-
 ING  IN  THIS  TITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT A CANDIDATE OR HIS OR
 HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FROM USING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM
 PRIVATE CONTRIBUTORS FOR OTHERWISE LAWFUL EXPENDITURES.
   3. RULES AND REGULATIONS.  THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS  FOR
 THE  CERTIFICATION  OF  THE  AMOUNT OF FUNDS PAYABLE BY THE COMPTROLLER,
 FROM THE FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-TWO-T OF THE  STATE
 FINANCE  LAW, TO A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE THAT HAS QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE
 SUCH PAYMENT. THESE  REGULATIONS  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  PROMULGATION  AND
 DISTRIBUTION  OF FORMS ON WHICH CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES ARE TO BE
 REPORTED, THE PERIODS DURING WHICH SUCH REPORTS MUST BE  FILED  AND  THE
 VERIFICATION  REQUIRED.  THE BOARD SHALL INSTITUTE PROCEDURES WHICH WILL
 MAKE POSSIBLE PAYMENT BY  THE  FUND  WITHIN  FOUR  BUSINESS  DAYS  AFTER
 RECEIPT OF THE REQUIRED FORMS AND VERIFICATIONS.
   §   14-210.   ENFORCEMENT  AND  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS  AND  OTHER
 PROCEEDINGS.  1. CIVIL PENALTIES. VIOLATIONS OF ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS
 TITLE  OR  RULE PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
 CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT IN EXCESS OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   2. NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST. THE BOARD SHALL:

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   (A) DETERMINE WHETHER A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF  THIS  TITLE  OR
 RULE PROMULGATED HEREUNDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED;
   (B) GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST BEFORE AN INDE-
 PENDENT  HEARING  OFFICER  TO  EACH  PERSON  OR  ENTITY IT HAS REASON TO
 BELIEVE HAS COMMITTED A VIOLATION;
   (C) IF APPROPRIATE, ASSESS PENALTIES FOR  VIOLATIONS,  FOLLOWING  SUCH
 NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST; AND
   (D)  ANY FORMAL OR INFORMAL ADVISORY OPINION ISSUED BY A MAJORITY VOTE
 OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO A  PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATE  IN  CONNECTION  WITH ANY ACTION UNDER THIS TITLE, WHEN RELIED
 UPON IN GOOD FAITH, SHALL BE PRESUMPTIVE EVIDENCE THAT SUCH CANDIDATE OR
 HIS OR  HER  COMMITTEE  DID  NOT  KNOWINGLY  OR  WILLFULLY  VIOLATE  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE.
   3.  CRIMINAL CONDUCT. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FURNISHES
 OR SUBMITS FALSE STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION TO THE  BOARD  IN  CONNECTION
 WITH  ITS ADMINISTRATION OF THIS TITLE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR
 IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY AS MAY BE IMPOSED UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR
 PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER LAW. THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL SHALL  SEEK  TO
 RECOVER  ANY PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF SUCH CRIMINAL
 CONDUCT.
   4. PROCEEDINGS AS TO PUBLIC FINANCING. (A) THE DETERMINATION OF ELIGI-
 BILITY PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND ANY  QUESTION  OR  ISSUE  RELATING  TO
 PAYMENTS  FOR  CAMPAIGN  EXPENDITURES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  TITLE  MAY BE
 CONTESTED IN A PROCEEDING INSTITUTED IN THE SUPREME COURT, ALBANY  COUN-
 TY, BY ANY AGGRIEVED CANDIDATE.
   (B)  A  PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO SUCH A DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY
 OR PAYMENT FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO THIS  CHAPTER
 SHALL  BE  INSTITUTED  WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER SUCH DETERMINATION WAS
 MADE. THE BOARD SHALL BE MADE A PARTY TO ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.
   (C) UPON THE BOARD'S FAILURE TO RECEIVE THE AMOUNT DUE FROM A  PARTIC-
 IPATING  CANDIDATE  OR  SUCH  CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE AFTER THE
 ISSUANCE OF WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH  AMOUNT  DUE,  AS  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
 TITLE,  THE  CHIEF  ENFORCEMENT  COUNSEL  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO INSTITUTE A
 SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION IN SUPREME COURT, ALBANY  COUNTY,  TO
 OBTAIN  A JUDGMENT FOR ANY AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO BE PAYABLE TO THE BOARD
 AS A RESULT OF AN EXAMINATION AND AUDIT MADE PURSUANT TO THIS  TITLE  OR
 TO OBTAIN SUCH AMOUNTS DIRECTLY FROM THE CANDIDATE OR AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE AFTER A HEARING AT THE BOARD.
   (D) THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL IS AUTHORIZED TO INSTITUTE A SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING  OR CIVIL ACTION IN SUPREME COURT, ALBANY COUNTY, TO OBTAIN A
 JUDGMENT FOR CIVIL PENALTIES DETERMINED  TO  BE  PAYABLE  TO  THE  BOARD
 PURSUANT  TO THIS TITLE OR TO IMPOSE SUCH PENALTY DIRECTLY AFTER A HEAR-
 ING AT THE BOARD.
   § 14-211. REPORTS. THE BOARD SHALL REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE  EFFECT  OF
 THIS  TITLE  UPON  THE  CONDUCT OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND SHALL SUBMIT A
 REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-ONE, AND EVERY THIRD YEAR THEREAFTER, AND AT ANY OTHER TIME UPON  THE
 REQUEST  OF  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  AT  SUCH OTHER TIMES AS THE BOARD DEEMS
 APPROPRIATE. THESE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE:
   1. A LIST OF THE  PARTICIPATING  AND  NONPARTICIPATING  CANDIDATES  IN
 COVERED  ELECTIONS  AND  THE  VOTES  RECEIVED BY EACH CANDIDATE IN THOSE
 ELECTIONS;
   2. THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS  RECEIVED,  AND  EXPENDITURES
 MADE, ON BEHALF OF THESE CANDIDATES;
   3.  THE  AMOUNT  OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS EACH PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE
 RECEIVED, SPENT, AND REPAID PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE;

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   4. ANALYSIS OF THE  EFFECT  OF  THIS  TITLE  ON  POLITICAL  CAMPAIGNS,
 INCLUDING  ITS  EFFECT  ON THE SOURCES AND AMOUNTS OF PRIVATE FINANCING,
 THE LEVEL OF CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, VOTER PARTICIPATION, THE  NUMBER  OF
 CANDIDATES,  THE  CANDIDATES' ABILITY TO CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVELY FOR PUBLIC
 OFFICE,  AND  THE DIVERSITY OF CANDIDATES SEEKING AND ELECTED TO OFFICE;
 AND
   5. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THIS TITLE, INCLUDING CHANGES  IN
 CONTRIBUTION  LIMITS, THRESHOLDS FOR ELIGIBILITY, AND ANY OTHER FEATURES
 OF THE SYSTEM.
   § 14-212. DEBATES FOR CANDIDATES FOR  STATEWIDE  OFFICE.    THE  BOARD
 SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS TO FACILITATE DEBATES AMONG PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATES WHO SEEK ELECTION TO STATEWIDE OFFICE.  PARTICIPATING  CANDI-
 DATES ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE DEBATE BEFORE EACH ELECTION FOR
 WHICH  THE  CANDIDATE  RECEIVES  PUBLIC  FUNDS, UNLESS THE PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED. NONPARTICIPATING CANDIDATES MAY  PARTIC-
 IPATE IN SUCH DEBATES.
   §  14-213. SEVERABILITY.   IF ANY CLAUSE, SENTENCE, SUBDIVISION, PARA-
 GRAPH, SECTION OR PART OF THIS TITLE BE ADJUDGED BY ANY COURT OF  COMPE-
 TENT  JURISDICTION TO BE INVALID, SUCH JUDGMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT, IMPAIR
 OR INVALIDATE THE REMAINDER THEREOF, BUT SHALL BE CONFINED IN ITS OPERA-
 TION TO THE CLAUSE, SENTENCE, SUBDIVISION, PARAGRAPH,  SECTION  OR  PART
 THEREOF  DIRECTLY  INVOLVED  IN  THE  CONTROVERSY IN WHICH SUCH JUDGMENT
 SHALL HAVE BEEN RENDERED.
   § 9. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-t  to
 read as follows:
   §  92-T.  NEW  YORK  STATE  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK
 STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE NEW  YORK
 STATE  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE  FUND  CHECK-OFF  PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (H) OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE TAX LAW, FROM THE ABANDONED PROP-
 ERTY FUND PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  FROM  THE
 GENERAL  FUND, AND FROM ALL OTHER MONEYS CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO
 FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.   SUCH  FUND  SHALL  ALSO
 RECEIVE  CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, OR OTHER
 PERSONS TO FULFILL THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC FINANCING SYSTEM.
   3. MONEYS OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, MAY
 BE EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING PAYMENTS TO  CANDIDATES  PURSUANT
 TO TITLE TWO OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE ELECTION LAW AND FOR ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE  EXPENSES  RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE
 ELECTION LAW. MONEYS SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND BY  THE  STATE  COMP-
 TROLLER  ON  VOUCHERS  CERTIFIED  OR  APPROVED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS,  OR  ITS  DULY  DESIGNATED  REPRESENTATIVE,  IN  THE   MANNER
 PRESCRIBED BY LAW, NOT MORE THAN FIVE WORKING DAYS AFTER SUCH VOUCHER IS
 RECEIVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IF, IN ANY
 STATE FISCAL YEAR, THE STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND LACKS THE  AMOUNT  OF
 MONEY  TO  PAY ALL CLAIMS VOUCHERED BY ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES AND CERTIFIED
 OR APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, ANY SUCH  DEFICIENCY  SHALL
 BE  PAID  BY  THE STATE COMPTROLLER, FROM FUNDS DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL
 FUND OF THE STATE NOT MORE THAN FOUR WORKING DAYS AFTER SUCH VOUCHER  IS
 RECEIVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
   5.  COMMENCING  IN  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, IF THE SURPLUS IN THE FUND ON
 APRIL FIRST OF THE YEAR AFTER A YEAR IN  WHICH  A  GOVERNOR  IS  ELECTED
 EXCEEDS  TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE FUND OVER THE

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 PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS, THE EXCESS SHALL REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF  THE
 STATE.
   6.  NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN A
 PRIMARY  ELECTION  ANY  EARLIER  THAN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER   DESIGNATING
 PETITIONS  OR  CERTIFICATES  OF NOMINATION HAVE BEEN FILED AND NOT LATER
 THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION.
   7. NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN  A
 GENERAL  ELECTION  ANY EARLIER THAN THE DAY AFTER THE DAY OF THE PRIMARY
 ELECTION HELD TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR SUCH ELECTION.
   8. NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN  A
 SPECIAL  ELECTION  ANY  EARLIER  THAN THE DAY AFTER THE LAST DAY TO FILE
 CERTIFICATES OF PARTY NOMINATION FOR SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION.
   9. NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE  WHO
 HAS  BEEN DISQUALIFIED OR WHOSE DESIGNATING PETITIONS HAVE BEEN DECLARED
 INVALID BY THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR A  COURT  OF  COMPETENT
 JURISDICTION UNTIL AND UNLESS SUCH FINDING IS REVERSED BY A HIGHER COURT
 IN A FINAL JUDGMENT.  NO PAYMENT FROM THE FUND IN THE POSSESSION OF SUCH
 A  CANDIDATE  OR SUCH CANDIDATE'S PARTICIPATING COMMITTEE ON THE DATE OF
 SUCH DISQUALIFICATION OR INVALIDATION MAY THEREAFTER BE EXPENDED FOR ANY
 PURPOSE EXCEPT THE PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES  INCURRED  BEFORE  SUCH  DATE.
 ALL SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE REPAID TO THE FUND.
   §  10.  Section 95 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. (A) AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY, THE CO-CHAIRS  OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS SHALL CERTIFY THE AMOUNT SUCH CO-CHAIRS HAVE DETERMINED NECES-
 SARY  TO  FUND  ESTIMATED  PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
 NINETY-TWO-T OF  THIS  ARTICLE  FOR  THE  PRIMARY,  GENERAL  OR  SPECIAL
 ELECTION.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS SECTION AUTHORIZING THE
 TRANSFER OF ANY MONEYS IN THE ABANDONED PROPERTY  FUND  TO  THE  GENERAL
 FUND, THE COMPTROLLER, AFTER RECEIVING AMOUNTS  SUFFICIENT TO PAY CLAIMS
 AGAINST  THE  ABANDONED PROPERTY FUND, SHALL, BASED UPON A CERTIFICATION
 OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, AND AT THE DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TRANSFER THE
 REQUESTED AMOUNT FROM REMAINING AVAILABLE MONIES IN THE ABANDONED  PROP-
 ERTY  FUND  TO  THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-
 TWO-T OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 11. Section 658 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 (h) to read as follows:
   (H) NEW YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND CHECK-OFF. (1) FOR EACH TAXA-
 BLE YEAR BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  NINETEEN,
 EVERY  RESIDENT  TAXPAYER  WHOSE NEW YORK STATE INCOME TAX LIABILITY FOR
 THE TAXABLE YEAR FOR WHICH THE RETURN IS FILED IS FORTY DOLLARS OR  MORE
 MAY  DESIGNATE  ON  SUCH  RETURN THAT FORTY DOLLARS BE PAID INTO THE NEW
 YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-TWO-T  OF
 THE  STATE FINANCE LAW. WHERE A HUSBAND AND WIFE FILE A JOINT RETURN AND
 HAVE A NEW YORK STATE INCOME TAX LIABILITY  FOR  THE  TAXABLE  YEAR  FOR
 WHICH  THE  RETURN  IS FILED IS EIGHTY DOLLARS OR MORE, OR FILE SEPARATE
 RETURNS ON A SINGLE FORM, EACH SUCH TAXPAYER MAY  MAKE  SEPARATE  DESIG-
 NATIONS  ON  SUCH  RETURN  OF FORTY DOLLARS TO BE PAID INTO THE NEW YORK
 STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND.
   (2) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TRANSFER TO THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  CAMPAIGN
 FINANCE  FUND, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-TWO-T OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW, AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO FORTY DOLLARS MULTIPLIED BY  THE  NUMBER
 OF DESIGNATIONS.

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   (3)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE INCOME TAX LIABILITY OF AN
 INDIVIDUAL FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR IS THE AMOUNT OF TAX IMPOSED UNDER  THIS
 ARTICLE  REDUCED  BY  THE  SUM  OF  THE  CREDITS (AS SHOWN IN HIS OR HER
 RETURN) ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (4)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE A PLACE ON EVERY PERSONAL INCOME TAX
 RETURN FORM TO BE FILED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A TAX YEAR BEGINNING ON  OR
 AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN, FOR SUCH TAXPAYER TO MAKE
 THE DESIGNATIONS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ONE  OF  THIS  SUBSECTION.  SUCH
 RETURN  FORM  SHALL CONTAIN A CONCISE EXPLANATION OF THE PURPOSE OF SUCH
 OPTIONAL DESIGNATIONS.
   § 12. Paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  9-A  of  section  3-102  of  the
 election  law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2005, is amended
 to read as follows:
   9-A. (a) develop an electronic reporting system to process the  state-
 ments  of  campaign  receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures
 required to be filed  with  any  board  of  elections  pursuant  to  the
 provisions of sections 14-102, [and] 14-104, AND 14-201 of this chapter;
   §  13.  Severability. If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
 section or part of title II of article 14 of the election law, as  added
 by  section  three  of  this  act  be adjudged by any court of competent
 jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not  affect,  impair  or
 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
 to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof
 directly  involved  in the controversy in which such judgment shall have
 been rendered.
   § 14. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  all
 affected  candidates will be eligible to participate in voluntary public
 financing beginning with the 2020 primary election.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as and may be cited as
 the "Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2019 (VEMA)".
   § 2. Declaration of Legislative Intent. The right to vote is a  funda-
 mental  right, the well-spring of all others, secured by the federal and
 state constitutions. On-line forms of communication and conducting tran-
 sactions did not exist at the time New York's paper-based  voter  regis-
 tration  system  was enacted. In the last twenty years, many paper-based
 processes have migrated  to  on-line  processes,  including  filing  tax
 returns,  applying  for social security benefits, routine banking trans-
 actions, official communications and purchase transactions of all types.
 This on-line migration has improved cost efficiency, increased  accessi-
 bility  and provided greater convenience to the public in many contexts.
 The predominantly paper-based voter registration application process  in
 New  York  is  antiquated  and  must  be supplemented with on-line voter
 registration.  To remove unnecessary burdens to the fundamental right of
 the people to vote, the State Board of  Elections  shall  establish  the
 Voter  Enfranchisement Modernization Program for the purpose of increas-
 ing opportunities for voter registration by any person who is  qualified
 to  be a voter under Article II of the New York State Constitution. This
 effort modernizes voter registration  and  supplements  the  methods  of
 voter registration provided under current law.
   §  3. Article 5 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 8
 to read as follows:
                                TITLE VIII
              ELECTRONIC PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION PROCESS

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 SECTION 5-800. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM.
         5-802. ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION.
         5-804. FAILURE  TO  PROVIDE  EXEMPLAR  SIGNATURE  NOT TO PREVENT
                  REGISTRATION.
   § 5-800. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM. IN ADDITION
 TO ANY OTHER MEANS OF VOTER REGISTRATION PROVIDED FOR BY  THIS  CHAPTER,
 THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRONIC
 VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH APPLICANTS MAY APPLY
 TO REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE.  THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  ELEC-
 TRONICALLY  TRANSMIT  SUCH  APPLICATIONS  TO  THE  APPLICABLE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR FILING,  PROCESSING
 AND  VERIFICATION CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER. IN ACCORDANCE WITH TECH-
 NICAL SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS,  EACH
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL MAINTAIN A VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF
 RECEIVING  AND  PROCESSING  VOTER  REGISTRATION APPLICATION INFORMATION,
 INCLUDING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, FROM THE ELECTRONIC VOTER  REGISTRATION
 TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY OTHER INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER, APPLICATIONS
 FILED USING SUCH SYSTEM SHALL BE CONSIDERED FILED  WITH  THE  APPLICABLE
 BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  ON  THE CALENDAR DATE THE APPLICATION IS INITIALLY
 TRANSMITTED BY THE VOTER THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION TRAN-
 SMITTAL SYSTEM.
   § 5-802. ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION. 1. A  VOTER  SHALL  BE
 ABLE  TO  APPLY TO REGISTER TO VOTE USING A PERSONAL ONLINE VOTER REGIS-
 TRATION APPLICATION SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER  REGISTRATION
 TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM WHEN THE VOTER:
   (A) COMPLETES AN ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION PROMULGATED
 BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE VOTER
 REGISTRATION INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 5-210 OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (B) AFFIRMS, SUBJECT TO PENALTY OF PERJURY, BY MEANS OF ELECTRONIC  OR
 MANUAL  SIGNATURE, THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE VOTER REGISTRA-
 TION APPLICATION IS TRUE AND THAT THE APPLICANT MEETS ALL OF THE  QUALI-
 FICATIONS TO BECOME A REGISTERED VOTER; AND
   (C)  CONSENTS  TO  THE  USE  OF AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S
 MANUAL SIGNATURE THAT IS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI-
 CLES, THE STATE BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS,  OR  OTHER  AGENCY  DESIGNATED  BY
 SECTIONS  5-211  OR  5-212  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, AS THE INDIVIDUAL'S VOTER
 REGISTRATION EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE, OR PROVIDES SUCH A SIGNATURE BY  DIRECT
 UPLOAD  IN  A  MANNER  THAT  COMPLIES WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ELECTRONIC
 SIGNATURE AND RECORDS ACT AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY
 THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
   2.  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL PROVIDE THE PERSONAL ONLINE VOTER
 REGISTRATION APPLICATION IN ANY LANGUAGE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL  VOTING
 RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 (52 U.S.C. SEC. 10503) IN ANY COUNTY IN THE STATE.
   3.  THE  ONLINE  VOTER  REGISTRATION APPLICATION PROCESS SHALL PROVIDE
 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS TO  IMPROVE  ACCESSIBILITY  FOR  PERSONS  WITH
 DISABILITIES,  AND  SHALL  BE  COMPATIBLE  FOR  USE WITH STANDARD ONLINE
 ACCESSIBILITY ASSISTANCE TOOLS FOR  PERSONS  WITH  VISUAL,  PHYSICAL  OR
 PERCEPTIVE DISABILITIES.
   4. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 FOR  THE  CREATION  AND  ADMINISTRATION  OF AN ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION
 SYSTEM PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 5-804. FAILURE TO PROVIDE EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE NOT TO  PREVENT  REGIS-
 TRATION.  1.  IF A VOTER REGISTRATION EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE IS NOT PROVIDED
 BY AN APPLICANT WHO SUBMITS A VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION PURSUANT TO
 THIS TITLE, THE LOCAL BOARD SHALL SEEK TO OBTAIN SUCH EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE

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 FROM THE STATEWIDE VOTER  REGISTRATION  DATABASE,  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS,  OR  A  STATE  OR LOCAL AGENCY DESIGNATED BY SECTION 5-211 OR
 5-212 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  IF  SUCH  EXEMPLAR  SIGNATURE  IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE STATEWIDE
 VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASE, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, OR A STATE OR
 LOCAL AGENCY DESIGNATED BY SECTION 5-211 OR 5-212 OF THIS  ARTICLE,  THE
 LOCAL  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL,  ABSENT ANOTHER REASON TO REJECT THE
 APPLICATION, PROCEED TO REGISTER AND, AS APPLICABLE, ENROLL  THE  APPLI-
 CANT.  WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH ACTION, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL SEND
 A STANDARD FORM PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO THE VOTER
 WHOSE RECORD LACKS AN EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE, REQUIRING SUCH VOTER TO SUBMIT
 A SIGNATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES.  THE VOTER SHALL SUBMIT TO  THE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS A VOTER REGISTRATION EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE BY ANY ONE OF
 THE  FOLLOWING  METHODS:  IN  PERSON,  BY  MAIL WITH RETURN POSTAGE PAID
 PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, OR BY ELECTRONIC
 UPLOAD TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER  REGISTRA-
 TION  TRANSMITTAL  SYSTEM.  IF  SUCH VOTER DOES NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED
 EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE, WHEN THE VOTER APPEARS TO VOTE THE  VOTER  SHALL  BE
 ENTITLED  TO VOTE IN THE SAME MANNER AS A VOTER WITH A NOTATION INDICAT-
 ING THE VOTER'S IDENTITY  HAS  NOT  YET  BEEN  VERIFIED  IN  THE  MANNER
 PROVIDED BY SECTION 8-302 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  4.    This act shall take effect on the earlier occurrence of:  (i)
 two years after it shall have become a law; provided, however, the state
 board of elections shall be authorized to implement necessary rules  and
 regulations  and to take steps required to implement this act immediate-
 ly; or (ii) five days after the date of certification by the state board
 of elections that the information technology infrastructure to  substan-
 tially  implement  this  act is functional.   Provided, further that the
 state board of elections shall  notify  the  legislative  bill  drafting
 commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  the  enactment of the legislation
 provided for in this act in order that the commission  may  maintain  an
 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
 of  the  state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions
 of section 44 of the legislative law and  section  70-b  of  the  public
 officers law.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section  1.   Section 3-400 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 ELECTION  INSPECTORS OR POLL CLERKS, IF ANY, AT POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY
 VOTING, SHALL CONSIST OF EITHER BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEES  WHO  SHALL
 BE  APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF SUCH BOARD OR DULY QUALIFIED INDI-
 VIDUALS, APPOINTED IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. APPOINTMENTS
 TO THE OFFICES OF ELECTION INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK IN EACH POLLING PLACE
 FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN  THE  MAJOR  POLITICAL
 PARTIES.  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  ASSIGN STAFF AND PROVIDE THE
 RESOURCES THEY REQUIRE TO ENSURE WAIT TIMES AT EARLY VOTING SITES DO NOT
 EXCEED THIRTY MINUTES.
   § 2. Section 4-117 of the election  law  is  amended  by  addinga  new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  THE  NOTICE  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 INCLUDE THE DATES, HOURS AND LOCATIONS OF EARLY VOTING FOR  THE  GENERAL
 AND  PRIMARY  ELECTION.  THE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS MAY SATISFY THE NOTICE
 REQUIREMENT OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY PROVIDING IN THE NOTICE  INSTRUCTIONS

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 TO  OBTAIN  THE  REQUIRED EARLY VOTING INFORMATION FROM A WEBSITE OF THE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND PROVIDING A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL FOR SUCH  INFOR-
 MATION.
   § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 367 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
 ry  election from twelve o'clock noon until nine o'clock in the evening,
 except in the city of New York and  the  counties  of  Nassau,  Suffolk,
 Westchester,  Rockland,  Orange,  Putnam, Dutchess and Erie, and in such
 city or county from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the
 evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until nine
 o'clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor pursu-
 ant to the public officers law, and, except  as  otherwise  provided  by
 law,  every  other  election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine
 o'clock in the evening; EARLY VOTING  HOURS  SHALL  BE  AS  PROVIDED  IN
 SECTION 8-600 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  4. Subdivision 1 of section 8-102 of the election law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
   (K) VOTING AT EACH POLLING PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED
 IN  A  MANNER  CONSISTENT  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, WITH THE
 EXCEPTION OF THE TABULATION AND PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION  RESULTS  WHICH
 SHALL  BE  COMPLETED ACCORDING TO SUBDIVISIONS EIGHT AND NINE OF SECTION
 8-600 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 5. Section 8-104 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7.  THIS  SECTION SHALL APPLY ON ALL EARLY VOTING DAYS AS PROVIDED FOR
 IN SECTION 8-600 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 6. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 8-508 of  the  election
 law,  as  amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (b) The second section of such report shall be reserved for the  board
 of  inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial number
 of each person who is challenged on the day of election OR ON ANY DAY IN
 WHICH THERE IS EARLY VOTING PURSUANT TO SECTION 8-600 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 together  with  the  reason  for the challenge.   If no voters are chal-
 lenged, the board of inspectors shall enter the  words  "No  Challenges"
 across  the  space reserved for such names. In lieu of preparing section
 two of the challenge report, the board of elections may provide, next to
 the name of each voter on the computer generated  registration  list,  a
 place  for the inspectors of election to record the information required
 to be entered in such section two, or provide at the end of such comput-
 er generated registration list, a place for the inspectors  of  election
 to enter such information.
   §  7. Article 8 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 6
 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE VI
                               EARLY VOTING
 SECTION 8-600. EARLY VOTING.
         8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS  AND  DUTIES  FOR  EARLY
                  VOTING.
   §  8-600.  EARLY  VOTING. 1. BEGINNING THE THIRTEENTH DAY PRIOR TO ANY
 GENERAL, PRIMARY OR SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ANY PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE, AND
 ENDING ON AND INCLUDING THE SECOND DAY PRIOR TO SUCH GENERAL, PRIMARY OR
 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUCH PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE,  PERSONS  DULY  REGIS-
 TERED  AND  ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AT SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE PERMITTED TO VOTE
 AS PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE.   THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  ESTABLISH

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 PROCEDURES,  WHICH  SHALL  BE CONSISTENT WITH THIS CHAPTER AND THE REGU-
 LATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, TO ENSURE THAT PERSONS WHO VOTE
 DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL NOT BE  PERMITTED  TO  VOTE  SUBSE-
 QUENTLY IN THE SAME ELECTION.
   2. (A) THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DESIGNATE POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY
 VOTING  IN  EACH  COUNTY,  WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE OFFICES OF THE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS, FOR PERSONS TO VOTE EARLY PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  THERE
 SHALL BE SO DESIGNATED AT LEAST ONE EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE FOR EVERY
 FULL  INCREMENT  OF  FIFTY  THOUSAND  REGISTERED  VOTERS IN EACH COUNTY;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACES IN A COUNTY
 SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE GREATER THAN SEVEN, AND A COUNTY WITH  FEWER
 THAN  FIFTY THOUSAND VOTERS SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE EARLY VOTING POLLING
 PLACE.
   (B) THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL POLLING PLACES FOR
 EARLY VOTING IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM NUMBER REQUIRED BY  THIS  SUBDIVI-
 SION  FOR  THE CONVENIENCE OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS WISHING TO VOTE DURING THE
 EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING THE MINIMUM NUMBER  OF  EARLY  VOTING  POLL  SITES
 OTHERWISE  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  FOR  ANY PRIMARY OR SPECIAL
 ELECTION, UPON MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,  THE  NUMBER  OF
 EARLY  VOTING  SITES MAY BE REDUCED IF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REASONABLY
 DETERMINES A LESSER NUMBER OF SITES IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE  NEEDS  OF
 EARLY VOTERS.
   (D) POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE LOCATED TO ENSURE, TO THE
 EXTENT  PRACTICABLE,  THAT ELIGIBLE VOTERS HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO SUCH
 POLLING PLACES, TAKING INTO  CONSIDERATION  POPULATION  DENSITY,  TRAVEL
 TIME TO THE POLLING PLACE, PROXIMITY TO OTHER EARLY VOTING POLLING PLAC-
 ES, COMMONLY USED TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND SUCH
 OTHER  FACTORS  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS DEEMS APPROPRIATE. THE PROVISIONS
 OF SECTION 4-104 OF THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT SUBDIVISIONS FOUR AND  FIVE  OF
 SUCH SECTION, SHALL APPLY TO THE DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY
 VOTING  EXCEPT  TO THE EXTENT SUCH PROVISIONS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THIS
 SECTION.
   3. ANY PERSON PERMITTED TO VOTE EARLY MAY DO SO AT ANY  POLLING  PLACE
 FOR EARLY VOTING ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
 IN THE COUNTY WHERE SUCH VOTER IS REGISTERED TO VOTE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 (I)  IF IT IS IMPRACTICAL TO PROVIDE EACH POLLING PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING
 ALL APPROPRIATE BALLOTS FOR EACH ELECTION TO BE VOTED ON IN THE  COUNTY,
 OR  (II)  IF  PERMITTING SUCH PERSONS TO VOTE EARLY AT ANY POLLING PLACE
 ESTABLISHED FOR EARLY VOTING WOULD MAKE IT IMPRACTICAL  TO  ENSURE  THAT
 SUCH  VOTER  HAS  NOT  PREVIOUSLY  VOTED EARLY DURING SUCH ELECTION, THE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY DESIGNATE EACH POLLING  PLACE  FOR  EARLY  VOTING
 ONLY  FOR  THOSE VOTERS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN A PORTION OF THE COUNTY TO
 BE SERVED BY SUCH POLLING PLACE FOR  EARLY  VOTING,  PROVIDED  THAT  ALL
 VOTERS  IN  EACH  COUNTY  SHALL HAVE ONE OR MORE POLLING PLACES AT WHICH
 THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE  THROUGHOUT  THE  EARLY  VOTING  PERIOD  ON  A
 SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL BASIS.
   4.  (A)  POLLS SHALL BE OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING FOR AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS
 BETWEEN SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND EIGHT O'CLOCK  IN  THE  EVENING
 EACH WEEK DAY DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (B)  AT  LEAST  ONE  POLLING  PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL REMAIN OPEN
 UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING ON AT LEAST TWO  WEEK  DAYS  IN  EACH
 CALENDAR  WEEK  DURING  THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.   IF POLLING PLACES FOR
 EARLY VOTING ARE LIMITED TO VOTERS FROM CERTAIN AREAS PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, POLLING  PLACES  THAT  REMAIN  OPEN  UNTIL
 EIGHT  O'CLOCK SHALL BE DESIGNATED SUCH THAT ANY PERSON ENTITLED TO VOTE

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 EARLY MAY VOTE UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING ON AT LEAST  TWO  WEEK
 DAYS DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (C)  POLLS  SHALL  BE  OPEN  FOR  EARLY VOTING FOR AT LEAST FIVE HOURS
 BETWEEN NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND SIX O'CLOCK IN  THE  EVENING  ON
 EACH SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND LEGAL HOLIDAY DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (D)  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS FROM ESTABLISHING A GREATER  NUMBER  OF  HOURS  FOR  VOTING
 DURING  THE  EARLY  VOTING PERIOD BEYOND THE NUMBER OF HOURS REQUIRED IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (E) EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACES AND THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION FOR EARLY
 VOTING AT A GENERAL ELECTION SHALL BE DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF SECTION 4-104 OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS  OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  4-104 OF THIS CHAPTER REQUIRING POLL SITE
 DESIGNATION BY MAY FIRST, EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACES AND THEIR HOURS OF
 OPERATION FOR EARLY VOTING FOR A PRIMARY OR SPECIAL  ELECTION  SHALL  BE
 MADE  NOT  LATER  THAN  FORTY-FIVE  DAYS  BEFORE SUCH PRIMARY OR SPECIAL
 ELECTION.
   5. EACH BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL CREATE A COMMUNICATION PLAN TO INFORM
 ELIGIBLE VOTERS OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE EARLY.  SUCH PLAN MAY UTILIZE
 ANY AND ALL MEDIA OUTLETS, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SHALL  PUBLICIZE:
 THE  LOCATION AND DATES AND HOURS OF OPERATION OF ALL POLLING PLACES FOR
 EARLY VOTING; AN INDICATION OF WHETHER EACH POLLING PLACE IS  ACCESSIBLE
 TO  VOTERS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; A CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS NOTICE TO
 VOTERS THAT IF THEY CAST A BALLOT DURING THE EARLY  VOTING  PERIOD  THEY
 WILL  NOT  BE  ALLOWED  TO  VOTE ELECTION DAY; AND IF POLLING PLACES FOR
 EARLY VOTING ARE LIMITED TO VOTERS FROM CERTAIN AREAS PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, THE LOCATION OF  THE  POLLING  PLACES  FOR
 EARLY  VOTING  SERVING THE VOTERS OF EACH PARTICULAR CITY, TOWN OR OTHER
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
   6. THE FORM OF PAPER BALLOTS USED IN EARLY VOTING  SHALL  COMPLY  WITH
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO
 VOTING BY PAPER BALLOT ON ELECTION DAY AND SUCH BALLOT SHALL BE CAST  IN
 THE  SAME  MANNER  AS  PROVIDED  FOR  IN  SECTION 8-312 OF THIS ARTICLE,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT BALLOTS CAST  DURING  THE  EARLY  VOTING  PERIOD
 SHALL BE SECURED IN THE MANNER OF VOTED BALLOTS CAST ON ELECTION DAY AND
 SUCH BALLOTS SHALL NOT BE CANVASSED OR EXAMINED UNTIL AFTER THE CLOSE OF
 THE  POLLS  ON  ELECTION  DAY, AND NO UNOFFICIAL TABULATIONS OF ELECTION
 RESULTS SHALL BE PRINTED OR VIEWED IN ANY MANNER UNTIL AFTER  THE  CLOSE
 OF POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
   7.  VOTERS  CASTING BALLOTS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
 CHALLENGE AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 8-500, 8-502 AND 8-504 OF  THIS  ARTI-
 CLE.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, AT THE END OF
 EACH  DAY  OF  EARLY VOTING, ANY EARLY VOTING BALLOTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN
 SCANNED BECAUSE A BALLOT SCANNER WAS NOT AVAILABLE OR BECAUSE THE BALLOT
 HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY THE VOTER AT THE BALLOT SCANNER SHALL BE CAST IN A
 MANNER CONSISTENT WITH SECTION 9-110 OF THIS CHAPTER,  EXCEPT  THAT  ANY
 BALLOTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE SCANNED AT THE CLOSE OF THE POLLS PURSU-
 ANT  TO  SUCH  SECTION SHALL BE SCANNED AT THE CLOSE OF EACH DAY'S EARLY
 VOTING.
   9. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL SECURE ALL BALLOTS AND  SCANNERS  USED
 FOR  EARLY  VOTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD THROUGH
 THE CLOSE OF THE POLLS OF THE ELECTION ON ELECTION DAY. AS SOON  AS  THE
 POLLS  OF  THE  ELECTION  ARE  CLOSED  ON  ELECTION DAY, AND NOT BEFORE,
 INSPECTORS OR BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEES  SHALL  FOLLOW  ALL  RELEVANT
 PROVISIONS  OF  ARTICLE  NINE  OF THIS CHAPTER THAT ARE NOT INCONSISTENT

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 WITH THIS SECTION, FOR CANVASSING, PROCESSING, RECORDING, AND ANNOUNCING
 RESULTS OF VOTING AT POLLING  PLACES  FOR  EARLY  VOTING,  AND  SECURING
 BALLOTS, SCANNERS, AND OTHER ELECTION MATERIALS.
   10. THIS TITLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO VILLAGE ELECTIONS CONDUCTED PURSUANT
 TO ARTICLE FIFTEEN AND TITLE TWO OF ARTICLE SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES FOR EARLY VOTING.
 ANY   RULE  OR  REGULATION  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL  INCLUDE
 PROVISIONS TO ENSURE THAT BALLOTS CAST  EARLY,  BY  ANY  METHOD  ALLOWED
 UNDER  LAW,  ARE  COUNTED  AND CANVASSED AS IF CAST ON ELECTION DAY. THE
 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE  ANY  OTHER  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  NECESSARY  TO ENSURE AN EFFICIENT AND FAIR EARLY VOTING PROCESS
 THAT RESPECTS THE PRIVACY OF THE VOTER.  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT  SUCH
 RULES  AND  REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE VOTING HISTORY RECORD FOR
 EACH VOTER BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED TO  REFLECT  EACH  INSTANCE  OF  EARLY
 VOTING BY SUCH VOTER.
   §  8. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  any
 election held 120 days or more after it shall have taken effect.
 
                                  PART E

 Section  1.  This  part  enacts into law major components of legislation
 relating to elections. Each  component  is  wholly  contained  within  a
 Subpart  identified as Subparts A through B. The effective date for each
 particular provision contained within such Subpart is set forth  in  the
 last  section  of  such  Subpart. Any provision in any section contained
 within a Subpart, including the effective date  of  the  Subpart,  which
 makes  a  reference  to a section "of this act", when used in connection
 with that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the
 corresponding section of the Subpart in which it is found. Section three
 of this part sets forth the general effective date of this part.
 
                                 SUBPART A
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1-106  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  700  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. All papers required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of  this
 chapter  shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed between the hours of
 nine A.M. and five P.M. If the last day  for  filing  shall  fall  on  a
 Saturday,  Sunday  or  legal holiday, the next business day shall become
 the last day for filing. All papers sent by mail in  an  envelope  post-
 marked prior to midnight of the last day of filing shall be deemed time-
 ly  filed and accepted for filing when received, except THAT ALL CERTIF-
 ICATES AND PETITIONS  OF  DESIGNATION  OR  NOMINATION,  CERTIFICATES  OF
 ACCEPTANCE  OR  DECLINATION OF SUCH DESIGNATIONS OR NOMINATIONS, CERTIF-
 ICATES OF AUTHORIZATION FOR SUCH DESIGNATIONS  OR  NOMINATIONS,  CERTIF-
 ICATES OF DISQUALIFICATION, CERTIFICATES OF SUBSTITUTION FOR SUCH DESIG-
 NATIONS  OR  NOMINATIONS AND OBJECTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF OBJECTIONS
 TO SUCH CERTIFICATES AND PETITIONS REQUIRED TO BE FILED WITH  THE  STATE
 BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  OR A BOARD OF ELECTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK SHALL BE DEEMED TIMELY FILED AND ACCEPTED FOR  FILING  IF  SENT  BY
 MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY SERVICE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
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 TO  FILE  SUCH  CERTIFICATES,  PETITIONS,  OBJECTIONS OR SPECIFICATIONS.
 FAILURE OF THE POST OFFICE OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO DELIVER  ANY
 SUCH  PETITION,  CERTIFICATE  OR  OBJECTION  TO  SUCH BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 OUTSIDE  THE  CITY OF NEW YORK NO LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE
 LAST DAY TO FILE SUCH CERTIFICATES, PETITIONS, OBJECTIONS OR  SPECIFICA-
 TIONS  SHALL  BE  A FATAL DEFECT. EXCEPTED FURTHER that all certificates
 and petitions of designation or nomination, certificates  of  acceptance
 or  declination  of  such  designations and nominations, certificates of
 substitution for such designations or  nominations  and  objections  and
 specifications of objections to such certificates and petitions required
 to  be filed with the board of elections of the city of New York must be
 actually received by such city board of elections on or before the  last
 day  to file any such petition, certificate or objection and such office
 shall be open for  the  receipt  of  such  petitions,  certificates  and
 objections  until  midnight  on  the last day to file any such petition,
 certificate or objection. Failure of the post office or any other person
 or entity to deliver any such petition, certificate or objection to such
 city board of elections on or before such last  day  shall  be  a  fatal
 defect.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4-104 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 180 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every  board  of  elections shall, in consultation with each city,
 town and village, designate the polling places in each election district
 in which the meetings for  the  registration  of  voters,  and  for  any
 election  may  be  held.  The board of trustees of each village in which
 general  and  special  village  elections  conducted  by  the  board  of
 elections  are  held at a time other than the time of a general election
 shall submit such a list of polling places for such village elections to
 the board of elections. A polling place may be  located  in  a  building
 owned  by  a religious organization or used by it as a place of worship.
 If such a building is designated as a polling place,  it  shall  not  be
 required  to  be  open for voter registration on any Saturday if this is
 contrary to the religious beliefs of the religious organization. In such
 a situation,  the  board  of  elections  shall  designate  an  alternate
 location  to be used for voter registration. Such polling places must be
 designated by [May first] MARCH FIFTEENTH, of each year,  and  shall  be
 effective  for one year thereafter. Such a list required to be submitted
 by a village board of trustees must be submitted at  least  four  months
 before  each  general village election and shall be effective until four
 months before the subsequent general village election. No place in which
 a business licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for on premises consump-
 tion is conducted on any day of local registration or of voting shall be
 so designated. If, within the discretion of the  board  of  elections  a
 particular  polling  place  so  designated  is  subsequently found to be
 unsuitable or unsafe or should circumstances arise that  make  a  desig-
 nated polling place unsuitable or unsafe, then the board of elections is
 empowered  to  select  an  alternative meeting place. In the city of New
 York, the board of elections shall designate  such  polling  places  and
 alternate  registration  places  if the polling place cannot be used for
 voter registration on Saturdays.
   § 3. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 4-106 of the election law, subdi-
 vision 2 as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1990, are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  The  state board of elections shall, [at least eight months before
 each] BY FEBRUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR OF EACH general election,  make  and
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 each  office,  except county, city, village and town offices to be voted
 for at such election in such county.
   2.  Each  county, city, village and town clerk, [at least eight months
 before each] BY FEBRUARY FIRST IN THE YEAR  OF  EACH  general  election,
 shall  make and transmit to the board of elections a certificate stating
 each county, city, village or town office, respectively to be voted  for
 at  each  such election. Each village clerk, at least five months before
 each general village election conducted by the board of elections, shall
 make, and transmit to such board, a  certificate  stating  each  village
 office to be filled at such election.
   §  4.    Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 4-108 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 1985, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   b. Whenever any proposal, proposition or referendum as provided by law
 is  to  be  submitted  to  a vote of the people of a county, city, town,
 village or special district, at an election conducted by  the  board  of
 elections, the clerk of such political subdivision, at least [thirty-six
 days] THREE MONTHS prior to the GENERAL election at which such proposal,
 proposition  or  referendum  is  to be submitted, shall transmit to each
 board of elections a certified copy of the text of such proposal, propo-
 sition or referendum and a statement of the form in which it  is  to  be
 submitted.  If  a special election is to be held, such transmittal shall
 also give the date of such election.
   § 5. Section 4-110 of the election law, as amended by chapter  434  of
 the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4-110. Certification of primary election candidates; state board of
 elections. The state board of elections,  not  later  than  [thirty-six]
 FIFTY-FIVE  days before a primary election, shall certify to each county
 board of elections: The name and residence of each candidate to be voted
 for within the political subdivision of such board  for  whom  a  desig-
 nation  has  been filed with the state board; the title of the office or
 position for which the candidate is designated; the name  of  the  party
 upon whose primary ballot his OR HER name is to be placed; and the order
 in  which the names of the candidates are to be printed as determined by
 the state board. Where  an  office  or  position  is  uncontested,  such
 certification shall state such fact.
   § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 4-112 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 4 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  state  board of elections, not later than [thirty-six] FIFTY-
 FIVE days before a  general  election,  or  fifty-three  days  before  a
 special  election,  shall  certify to each county board of elections the
 name and residence of each candidate nominated in any valid  certificate
 filed with it or by the returns canvassed by it, the title of the office
 for which nominated; the name of the party or body specified of which he
 OR  SHE  is a candidate; the emblem chosen to distinguish the candidates
 of the party or body; and a notation as to whether or not any litigation
 is pending concerning the candidacy. Upon the  completion  of  any  such
 litigation,  the  state  board  of  elections shall forthwith notify the
 appropriate county boards of elections of  the  results  of  such  liti-
 gation.
   § 7. Section 4-114 of the election law, as amended by chapter 4 of the
 laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4-114.  Determination  of candidates and questions; county board of
 elections. The county board of elections, not later  than  the  [thirty-
 fifth] FIFTY-FOURTH day before the day of a primary or general election,
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 candidates duly nominated for public office and the questions that shall
 appear on the ballot within the jurisdiction of that board of elections.
   § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 4-117 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 3 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  board of elections,[ between August first and August fifth of
 each year] NOT LESS THAN SIXTY-FIVE DAYS  NOR  MORE  THAN  SEVENTY  DAYS
 BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION IN EACH YEAR, shall send by mail on which is
 endorsed  such  language  designated  by the state board of elections to
 ensure postal authorities do not forward such mail but return it to  the
 board of elections with forwarding information, when it cannot be deliv-
 ered  as  addressed  and  which  contains  a  request that any such mail
 received for persons not residing at the address be dropped back in  the
 mail,  a  communication,  in  a  form  approved  by  the  state board of
 elections, to every registered voter who has been registered  without  a
 change  of  address  since  the  beginning of such year, except that the
 board of elections shall not be required to send such communications  to
 voters  in  inactive status. The communication shall notify the voter of
 the days and hours of the ensuing primary  and  general  elections,  the
 place  where  he OR SHE appears by his OR HER registration records to be
 entitled to vote, the fact that voters who have moved or will have moved
 from the address where they were last registered  must  re-register  or,
 that  if  such  move  was to another address in the same county or city,
 that such voter may either notify the board of elections of his  OR  HER
 new  address or vote by paper ballot at the polling place for his OR HER
 new address even if such voter has not re-registered, or otherwise noti-
 fied the board of elections of the change of  address.  If  the  primary
 will not be held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in Septem-
 ber, the communication shall contain a conspicuous notice in all capital
 letters  and  bold  font notifying the voter of the primary date. If the
 location of the polling place for the voter's election district has been
 moved, the communication shall contain  the  following  legend  in  bold
 type:  "YOUR POLLING PLACE HAS BEEN CHANGED. YOU NOW VOTE AT..........".
 The communication shall also  indicate  whether  the  polling  place  is
 accessible  to  physically disabled voters, that a voter who will be out
 of the city or county on the day of the primary or general election or a
 voter who is ill or physically disabled may obtain an  absentee  ballot,
 that  a  physically disabled voter whose polling place is not accessible
 may request that  his  registration  record  be  moved  to  an  election
 district which has a polling place which is accessible, the phone number
 to  call  for applications to move a registration record or for absentee
 ballot applications, the phone number to call for the location of regis-
 tration and polling places, the phone number to call  to  indicate  that
 the  voter is willing to serve on election day as an election inspector,
 poll clerk, interpreter or in other capacities, the phone number to call
 to obtain an application for registration by mail, and such other infor-
 mation concerning  the  elections  or  registration  as  the  board  may
 include.  In  lieu  of  sending  such  communication to every registered
 voter, the board of elections may  send  a  single  communication  to  a
 household  containing  more than one registered voter, provided that the
 names of all such voters appear as part of the address on such  communi-
 cation.
   § 9. Subdivision 1 of section 5-604 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 28 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  board  of elections shall also cause to be published for each
 election district a complete list  of  the  registered  voters  of  each
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 required for registration lists, include the party  enrollment  of  each
 voter.  At  least  as  many copies of such list shall be prepared as the
 required minimum number of registration lists.
   Lists  for  all  the election districts in a ward or assembly district
 may be bound together in one volume. The board of elections  shall  also
 cause  to  be published a complete list of names and residence addresses
 of the registered voters, including the party enrollment of each  voter,
 for  each town and city over which the board has jurisdiction. The names
 for each town and city may be arranged according to street and number or
 alphabetically. Such lists shall be published before the  first  day  of
 [April]  FEBRUARY.  The board shall keep at least five copies for public
 inspection at each main office or branch office of  the  board.  Surplus
 copies  of the lists shall be sold at a charge not exceeding the cost of
 publication.
   § 10. Paragraph a of subdivision 5 of section 5-708  of  the  election
 law,  as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. At least once each year during the month of  [May]  FEBRUARY,  each
 board  of  elections shall obtain through the National Change of Address
 System, the forwarding address for  every  voter  registered  with  such
 board  of elections for whom the United States Postal Service has such a
 forwarding address together with the name of each such  voter  whom  the
 Postal  Service  records indicate has moved from the address at which he
 is registered without leaving a forwarding address.
   § 11. Subdivision 1 of section 6-108 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 160 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  In  any town in a county having a population of over seven hundred
 fifty thousand inhabitants, as shown by the latest federal decennial  or
 special  population  census,  party  nominations  of candidates for town
 offices shall be made at the primary  preceding  the  election.  In  any
 other  town, nominations of candidates for town offices shall be made by
 caucus or primary election as the rules of the  county  committee  shall
 provide, except that the members of the county committee from a town may
 adopt  by  a two-thirds vote, a rule providing that the party candidates
 for town offices shall be nominated at the primary election. If  a  rule
 adopted  by  the county committee of a political party or by the members
 of the county committee from a town, provides that party candidates  for
 town  offices, shall be nominated at a primary election, such rule shall
 not apply to nor affect a primary held less than  four  months  after  a
 certified  copy  of  the  rule  shall  have been filed with the board of
 elections. After the filing of such a rule, the rule shall  continue  in
 force until a certified copy of a rule revoking the same shall have been
 filed  with such board at least four months before a subsequent primary.
 Such a caucus shall be held no earlier  than  the  first  day  on  which
 designating petitions for the [fall] primary election may be signed.
   §  12.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 6-147 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 434 of the laws of  1984,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  The  name  of  a  person designated on more than one petition as a
 candidate for a party position to be filled by two or more persons shall
 be printed on the ballot with the group of candidates designated by  the
 petition  first filed unless such person, in a certificate duly acknowl-
 edged by him OR HER and filed with the board of elections not later than
 the [eighth] TENTH Tuesday preceding the primary election or  five  days
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 designation in more than one group, whichever is later, specifies anoth-
 er group in which his OR HER name shall be printed.
   2.  A  person  designated as a candidate for the position of member of
 the county committee in more than one election district shall be  deemed
 to  have been designated in the lowest numbered election district unless
 such person, in a certificate duly acknowledged by him OR HER, and filed
 with the board of elections not later than the  [eighth]  TENTH  Tuesday
 preceding the primary election or five days after the board of elections
 mails  such  person  notice  of  his OR HER designation in more than one
 election district whichever is later, specifies that he OR SHE wishes to
 be deemed designated in a different election district.
   § 13. Subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 14 of  section  6-158  of
 the election law, subdivisions 1, 4, 11 and 12 as amended by chapter 434
 of  the laws of 1984, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 79 of the laws
 of 1992, and subdivision 9 as amended by chapter  517  of  the  laws  of
 1986, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  A designating petition shall be filed not earlier than the [tenth]
 THIRTEENTH Monday before, and not later than the [ninth] TWELFTH  Thurs-
 day preceding the primary election.
   4. A petition of enrolled members of a party requesting an opportunity
 to write in the name of an undesignated candidate for a public office or
 party  position  at a primary election shall be filed not later than the
 [eighth] ELEVENTH Thursday  preceding  the  primary  election.  However,
 where a designating petition has been filed and the person named therein
 has  declined such designation and another person has been designated to
 fill the vacancy, then in that event, a petition for an  opportunity  to
 ballot in a primary election shall be filed not later than the [seventh]
 TENTH Thursday preceding such primary election.
   5.  A  judicial district convention shall be held not earlier than the
 [Tuesday] THURSDAY following  the  [third  Monday  in  September]  FIRST
 MONDAY  IN AUGUST preceding the general election and not later than [the
 fourth Monday in September preceding such election] SIX DAYS THEREAFTER.
   6. (A) A certificate of a party nomination  made  other  than  at  the
 primary  election  for  an  office to be filled at the time of a general
 election shall be filed not later than [seven]  THIRTY  days  after  the
 [fall]  primary  election,   (B) except that a certificate of nomination
 for an office which becomes vacant after the seventh day preceding  such
 primary  election  shall  be filed not later than [fourteen] THIRTY DAYS
 AFTER THE PRIMARY ELECTION OR TEN days after the creation of such vacan-
 cy, WHICHEVER IS LATER, and (C) except, further, that a  certificate  of
 party  nomination of candidates for elector of president and vice-presi-
 dent of the United States shall  be  filed  not  later  than  [fourteen]
 SEVENTY-FOUR  days  after  the  [fall]  primary election, and (D) except
 still further that a certificate of party nomination made at a  judicial
 district convention shall be filed not later than the day after the last
 day  to  hold  such  convention and the minutes of such convention, duly
 certified by the chairman and secretary, shall be filed within  seventy-
 two  hours  after  adjournment of the convention. A certificate of party
 nomination for an office to be filled at a  special  election  shall  be
 filed  not  later than ten days following the issuance of a proclamation
 of such election.
   9. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled
 at the time of a general  election  shall  be  filed  not  earlier  than
 [twelve]  TWENTY-FOUR  weeks  and  not  later than [eleven] TWENTY-THREE
 weeks preceding such election. A petition for an independent  nomination
 for  an  office  to  be  filled at a special election shall be filed not

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 later than twelve days following the issuance of a proclamation of  such
 election.  [A  petition  for  trustee of the Long Island Power Authority
 shall be filed not earlier than seven weeks and not later than six weeks
 preceding the day of the election of such trustees.]
   11. A certificate of acceptance or declination of an independent nomi-
 nation  for  an  office  to  be filled at the time of a general election
 shall be filed not later than the third day after the  [eleventh]  TWEN-
 TY-THIRD  Tuesday  preceding  such  election except that a candidate who
 files such a certificate of acceptance for an  office  for  which  there
 have  been  filed  certificates  or  petitions designating more than one
 candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certif-
 icate of declination not later than the  third  day  after  the  primary
 election.   A certificate of acceptance or declination of an independent
 nomination for an office to be filled at a  special  election  shall  be
 filed not later than fourteen days following the issuance of a proclama-
 tion of such election.
   12.  A  certificate  to  fill  a vacancy caused by a declination of an
 independent nomination for an office to be  filled  at  the  time  of  a
 general  election  shall be filed not later than the sixth day after the
 [eleventh] TWENTY-THIRD Tuesday preceding such election.  A  certificate
 to  fill  a vacancy caused by a declination of an independent nomination
 for an office to be filled at a special  election  shall  be  filed  not
 later than sixteen days following the issuance of a proclamation of such
 election.
   14. A vacancy occurring THREE MONTHS OR MORE before [September twenti-
 eth  of] THE GENERAL ELECTION IN any year in any office authorized to be
 filled at a general election, except in the offices of  governor,  lieu-
 tenant-governor, or United States senator shall be filled at the general
 election  held next thereafter, unless otherwise provided by the consti-
 tution, or unless previously filled at a special election.
   § 14. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the  election
 law, as amended by chapter 17 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a)  A  primary  election[, to be known as the fall primary,] shall be
 held on the [first] FOURTH Tuesday [after the second Monday] in [Septem-
 ber] JUNE before every general election unless otherwise changed  by  an
 act  of  the legislature. MEMBERS OF THE STATE AND COUNTY COMMITTEES AND
 ASSEMBLY DISTRICT LEADERS AND ASSOCIATE DISTRICT LEADERS AND  ALL  OTHER
 PARTY  POSITIONS  TO BE ELECTED SHALL BE ELECTED AT SUCH PRIMARY AND ALL
 NOMINATIONS FOR PUBLIC OFFICE REQUIRED TO BE MADE AT A PRIMARY  ELECTION
 IN  SUCH YEAR SHALL BE MADE AT SUCH PRIMARY. In each year in which elec-
 tors of president and vice president of the  United  States  are  to  be
 elected an additional primary election, to be known as the spring prima-
 ry,  shall  be  held  on  the first Tuesday in February unless otherwise
 changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose of electing deleg-
 ates to the national convention[, members of state and county committees
 and assembly district leaders and associate assembly district leaders].
   § 15. Subdivision 1 of section 9-200 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 250 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  board  of  elections  shall  canvass  the  returns of primary
 elections filed with it. It shall canvass first the votes of the  deleg-
 ates  and  alternates to judicial district conventions and complete such
 canvass at the earliest time possible. It  shall  complete  the  canvass
 otherwise within [nine] THIRTEEN days from the day upon which the prima-
 ry  election is held. Upon the completion of the canvass the board shall
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 of such board or a majority thereof, of the number of votes cast for all
 the  candidates  for nomination to each public office or for election to
 each party position, and the number of votes cast for each  such  candi-
 date. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for nomination
 for a public office or for election to a party position voted for wholly
 within  the  political unit for which such board is acting, shall be the
 nominee of his party for such office or elected to such  party  position
 and  the board, if requested by a candidate elected to a party position,
 shall furnish to him a certificate of election.
   § 16. Subdivision 1 of section 9-208 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 163 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Within fifteen days after each general[,] OR special [or] ELECTION,
 AND  WITHIN  TWENTY DAYS AFTER A primary election, and within seven days
 after every village election conducted by  the  board  of  elections  at
 which  ballot scanners are used, the board of elections, or a bipartisan
 committee of or appointed by said board  shall,  in  each  county  using
 ballot scanners, make a record of the serial number of each ballot scan-
 ner  used  in each election district in such general, special or primary
 election. No person who was  a  candidate  at  such  election  shall  be
 appointed  to  membership  on  the committee. Such board of elections or
 bipartisan committee shall recanvass the tabulated result tape from each
 ballot scanner used in each election district  by  comparing  such  tape
 with the numbers as recorded on the return of canvass. The said board or
 committee  shall also make a recanvass of any election day paper ballots
 that have not been scanned and were hand counted pursuant to subdivision
 two of section 9-110 of this article and compare the  results  with  the
 number  as  recorded  on  the  return of canvass. The board or committee
 shall then recanvass write-in votes,  if  any,  on  ballots  which  were
 otherwise scanned and canvassed at polling places on election night. The
 board  or  committee  shall  validate and prove such sums. Before making
 such canvass the board of  elections,  with  respect  to  each  election
 district  to  be recanvassed, shall give notice in writing to the voting
 machine custodian thereof, to the state and county chair of  each  party
 or  independent  body which shall have nominated candidates for the said
 general or special election or nominated or elected  candidates  at  the
 said  primary  election  and  to  each  individual  candidate whose name
 appears on the office ballot, of the time and place where  such  canvass
 is  to  be  made;  and  the state and county chair of each such party or
 independent body and each such individual candidate may send a represen-
 tative to be present  at  such  recanvass.  Each  candidate  whose  name
 appears on the official ballot, or his or her representative, shall have
 the  right  personally to examine and make a record of the vote recorded
 on the tabulated result tape and any ballots which were hand counted.
   § 17. Subdivision 1 of section 9-211 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 515 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Within  fifteen days after each general or special election, [and]
 within [seven] THIRTEEN days after  every  primary  [or]  ELECTION,  AND
 WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER EVERY village election conducted by the board of
 elections, the board of elections or a bipartisan committee appointed by
 such  board  shall  audit  the voter verifiable audit records from three
 percent of voting machines or systems within the  jurisdiction  of  such
 board. Such audits may be performed manually or via the use of any auto-
 mated tool authorized for such use by the state board of elections which
 is  independent from the voting system it is being used to audit. Voting
 machines or systems shall be selected for audit through a random, manual
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 process, the board of elections shall send notice by first class mail to
 each  candidate,  political  party and independent body entitled to have
 had watchers present at the polls  in  any  election  district  in  such
 board's  jurisdiction.  Such notice shall state the time and place fixed
 for such random selection process. The audit shall be conducted  in  the
 same  manner,  to  the extent applicable, as a canvass of paper ballots.
 Each candidate, political party or independent body entitled to  appoint
 watchers  to attend at a polling place shall be entitled to appoint such
 number of watchers to observe the audit.
   § 18. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 10-108 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (a)  Ballots for military voters shall be mailed or otherwise distrib-
 uted by the board of elections, in accordance with the preferred  method
 of  transmission  designated  by the voter pursuant to section 10-107 of
 this article, as soon as practicable but in any  event  not  later  than
 [thirty-two] FORTY-SIX days before a primary or general election[; twen-
 ty-five  days before] a New York city community school board district or
 city of Buffalo school district election; fourteen days before a village
 election conducted by the board of elections; and forty-five days before
 a special election. A voter who submits a  military  ballot  application
 shall  be  entitled  to a military ballot thereafter for each subsequent
 election through and including the next two regularly scheduled  general
 elections  held in even numbered years, including any run-offs which may
 occur; provided, however, such application shall not be  valid  for  any
 election  held  within seven days after its receipt.  Ballots shall also
 be mailed to any qualified military voter who is already registered  and
 who  requests  such  military  ballot  from such board of elections in a
 letter, which is signed by the  voter  and  received  by  the  board  of
 elections  not  later than the seventh day before the election for which
 the ballot is requested and which states the address where the voter  is
 registered  and  the  address  to  which the ballot is to be mailed. The
 board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form of  application
 for  military ballot. In the case of a primary election, the board shall
 deliver only the ballot of the party with which the  military  voter  is
 enrolled  according to the military voter's registration records. In the
 event a primary election is uncontested in the military voter's election
 district for all offices or  positions  except  the  party  position  of
 member  of  the ward, town, city or county committee, no ballot shall be
 delivered to such military voter for such  election;  and  the  military
 voter  shall  be  advised of the reason why he or she will not receive a
 ballot.
   § 19. Subdivision 4 of section 11-204 of the election law, as  amended
 by chapter 4 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   4. If the board of elections shall determine that the applicant making
 the application provided for in this section is qualified to receive and
 vote a special federal ballot, it shall, as soon as practicable after it
 shall  have so determined, or not later than [thirty-two] FORTY-SIX days
 before each general or primary  election  [and  forty-five  days  before
 each]  OR special election in which such applicant is qualified to vote,
 or three days after receipt of such an application, whichever is  later,
 mail  to  him  or her at the residence address outside the United States
 shown in his or her application, a  special  federal  ballot,  an  inner
 affirmation envelope and an outer envelope, or otherwise distribute same
 to  the  voter  in  accordance with the preferred method of transmission
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 board  of  elections shall also mail, or otherwise distribute in accord-
 ance with the preferred method of transmission designated by  the  voter
 pursuant  to  section  11-203 of this title, a special federal ballot to
 every  qualified special federal voter who is already registered and who
 requests such special federal ballot from such board of elections  in  a
 letter,  which  is  signed  by  the  voter  and received by the board of
 elections not later than the seventh day before the election  for  which
 the  ballot  is  first  requested and which states the address where the
 voter is registered and the address to which the ballot is to be mailed.
 The board of elections shall enclose with such ballot a form of applica-
 tion for a special federal ballot.
   § 20. Subdivision 4 of section 16-102 of the election law, as added by
 chapter 135 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   4. A final order INCLUDING  THE  RESOLUTION  OF  ANY  APPEALS  in  any
 proceeding  involving  the  names  of  candidates  on  ballots or voting
 machines shall be made, if possible, at least five weeks before the  day
 of the election at which such ballots or voting machines are to be used,
 or  if  such proceeding is commenced within five weeks of such election,
 no later than the day following the day on which the case is heard.
   § 21. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section  16-104  of  the  election  law,
 subdivision  3  as added by chapter 136 of the laws of 1978 and subdivi-
 sion 4 as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of  1985,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  A  proceeding  pursuant to subdivision two of this section must be
 instituted within [fourteen] SEVEN days after the last  day  to  certify
 the wording of any such abstract or form of submission.
   4.  A  final  order  INCLUDING  THE  RESOLUTION  OF ANY APPEALS in any
 proceeding involving the contents of official ballots on voting machines
 shall be made, if possible, at least five weeks before the  day  of  the
 election  at  which  such  voting  machines  are  to be used, or if such
 proceeding is commenced within five weeks of an election, no later  than
 the day following the day on which the case is heard.
   §  22.  Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 42 of the public officers law,
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 878 of the laws of 1946 and subdivi-
 sion 4 as amended by chapter 317 of the laws of  1954,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  A vacancy occurring THREE MONTHS OR MORE before [September twenti-
 eth of] THE GENERAL ELECTION IN any year in any office authorized to  be
 filled at a general election, except in the offices of governor or lieu-
 tenant-governor, shall be filled at the general election held next ther-
 eafter,  unless otherwise provided by the constitution, or unless previ-
 ously filled at a special election.
   4. A special election shall not be held  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the
 office  of a representative in congress unless such vacancy occurs on or
 before the first day of July of the last year of the term of office,  or
 unless  it occurs thereafter and a special session of congress is called
 to meet before the next general election, or be called after  [September
 nineteenth  of]  THREE  MONTHS BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION IN such year;
 nor to fill a vacancy in the office of state senator or in the office of
 member of assembly, unless the vacancy occurs before the  first  day  of
 April  of  the  last  year  of the term of office, or unless the vacancy
 occurs in either such office of senator or member of assembly after such
 first day of April and a special session of the legislature be called to
 meet between such first day of April and THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION OR BE
 CALLED AFTER THREE MONTHS BEFORE the next general election [or be called
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 an  office  shall  not  be  held as required by law, the office shall be
 filled at the next general election.
   § 23. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019.
 
                                 SUBPART B
 
   Section  1.  Section  6-150  of the election law is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 6-150. Nomination; vacancy  caused  by  death  or  disqualification,
 unfilled  at  time  of  general  or special election. If a vacancy shall
 occur in a nomination, caused by disqualification or death of the candi-
 date subsequent to [noon of the Tuesday] THIRTY DAYS before a general or
 special election and prior to the closing of the polls on such  election
 day,  such  vacancy  shall  not  be  filled, and the votes cast for such
 [deceased] candidate shall be canvassed and counted, and if  he  OR  SHE
 shall  receive  a  plurality of the votes cast, a vacancy shall exist in
 the office for which such nomination was made to be filled in the manner
 provided by law for vacancies in office occurring  by  reason  of  death
 after election.
   §  2.  Section 6-152 of the election law, as amended by chapter 234 of
 the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6-152. Vacancies caused by death or disqualification and unfilled at
 time of primary election. If a vacancy shall occur in a designation of a
 candidate for nomination or election at a primary  election,  caused  by
 the  death or disqualification of a candidate subsequent to [noon of the
 seventh day] THIRTY DAYS before the primary election and  prior  to  the
 closing  of  the  polls,  such vacancy shall not be filled and the votes
 cast for such [deceased or disqualified] candidate  shall  be  canvassed
 and  counted,  and,  if he OR SHE shall receive a plurality of the votes
 cast, another candidate may  thereafter  be  nominated  or  the  vacancy
 filled as provided by law or the rules of the party.
   §  3.  Section  6-154  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. EACH BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AS APPLICA-
 BLE SHALL MAKE ANY DETERMINATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION NO LATER  THAN
 SIXTY  DAYS  BEFORE  THE  PRIMARY  ELECTION IN THE CASE OF CHALLENGES TO
 DESIGNATING OR OPPORTUNITY TO BALLOT PETITIONS AND NO LATER THAN SEVENTY
 DAYS BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE CASE OF CHALLENGES TO NOMINATING
 PETITIONS AND CERTIFICATES OF DESIGNATION OR NOMINATION.
   § 4. Section 7-116 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  IN CASES WHERE A NAME IS ADDED TO OR REMOVED FROM THE COUNTY BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS' OFFICIAL BALLOT TOO LATE TO MAKE A COMPLETE COMPLIANCE  TO
 THESE REQUIREMENTS FEASIBLE, THE NAME MAY BE ADDED AT THE END OF THE ROW
 OR  COLUMN  OF CANDIDATES IN ALL ELECTION DISTRICTS, OR REMOVED FROM THE
 BALLOT  IN  ALL  ELECTION  DISTRICTS  WITHOUT  CHANGING  THE  PREVIOUSLY
 ARRANGED ORDER OF OTHER NAMES AND WITHOUT INVALIDATING THE ELECTION. ANY
 INADVERTENT  ERROR  IN THE ORDER OF NAMES DISCOVERED TOO LATE TO CORRECT
 THE ORDER OF THE NAMES ON THE BALLOTS CONCERNED SHALL NOT INVALIDATE  AN
 ELECTION.
   EXCEPT  WHERE  A  CONTEST  OR  CANDIDATE IS REMOVED FROM THE BALLOT BY
 COURT ORDER TOO LATE TO  MAKE  COMPLETE  COMPLIANCE  WITH  THIS  SECTION
 FEASIBLE,  THE  TITLE  OF  EACH  PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION AND THE
 NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES FOR SUCH OFFICE OR  POSITION  APPEARING  ON  ANY
 BALLOT  USED  FOR ELECTIONS OVER WHICH THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS HAS
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 ANOTHER,  EITHER  HORIZONTALLY  OR VERTICALLY; AND NO BLANK SPACES SHALL
 SEPARATE THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE OR PARTY
 POSITION ON SUCH BALLOT, AND NO BLANK SPACES SHALL SEPARATE ANY TWO SUCH
 OFFICES  OR  POSITIONS WHICH APPEAR ON SUCH BALLOT IN THE SAME COLUMN OR
 ROW.
   § 5. Subdivision 3 of section 7-122 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 165 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   3. The determination of the appropriate county board of  elections  as
 to  the  candidates  duly  designated  or nominated for public office or
 party position whose name shall appear on the absentee ballot and as  to
 ballot  proposals  to  be  voted  on shall be made no later than the day
 after the state board of elections issues  its  certification  of  those
 candidates  to be voted for at the general, special or primary election.
 The determinations of the state board of elections  and  the  respective
 county boards of elections shall be final and conclusive with respect to
 such  offices  for  which  petitions  or certificates are required to be
 filed with such boards, as the case may be but nothing herein  contained
 shall prevent a board of elections, or a court of competent jurisdiction
 from  determining  at  a  later date that any such certification, desig-
 nation or nomination is invalid and, in the event of such later determi-
 nation, no vote cast for any such nominee by any voter shall be  counted
 at  the  election.    ANY  ORDER OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION OR
 DETERMINATION BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS CHANGING THE BALLOT AS PREVIOUS-
 LY DETERMINED BY  THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  MUST  BE  MADE  AND,  WHERE
 REQUIRED, ENTERED AT LEAST TWENTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE ELECTION.
   §  6.  Subdivisions  1  and 2 of section 7-128 of the election law are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Each officer or board charged with the duty of  providing  official
 ballots  for  an  election  shall  have  sample  ballots  open to public
 inspection [five] FIFTY  days,  EXCEPT  IN  THE  CASE  OF  EXTRAORDINARY
 CIRCUMSTANCES  IN WHICH CASE ON THE EARLIEST DAY PRACTICABLE, before the
 election for which [they were] THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN  prepared  and  the
 official  ballots  open  to such inspection [four] FIFTY days, EXCEPT IN
 THE CASE OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH CASE  ON  THE  EARLIEST
 DAY  PRACTICABLE,  before such election except that the sample and offi-
 cial ballots for a village election held at  a  different  time  from  a
 general  election  shall  be open to public inspection at least two days
 before such election. During the times within which the ballots are open
 for inspection, such officer or board shall deliver to each voter apply-
 ing therefor a sample of the ballot which he OR SHE is entitled to vote.
   2. Each officer or board charged with the duty of preparing ballots to
 be used [on] WITH voting machines in any election shall:
   A. give written notice, by first class mail, to all candidates, except
 candidates for member of the county committee, who are lawfully entitled
 to have their names appear thereon, of the  time  when,  and  the  place
 where,  they  may  inspect  the [voting machines] BALLOTS to be used for
 such election. The candidates or their  designated  representatives  may
 appear  at  the  time and place specified in such notice to inspect such
 [machines] BALLOTS, provided, however, that the time so specified  shall
 [be  not less than two] OCCUR NO LATER THAN FORTY-SIX days [prior to the
 date of] BEFORE the election AT WHICH THE  BALLOTS  WILL  BE  USED.    A
 candidate,  whose  name appears on the ballot [for an election district]
 or his OR HER designated representative, may, in  the  presence  of  the
 election  officer  attending  the  [voting  machine] BALLOT, inspect the
 [face of the machine] BALLOT to see that his OR HER ballot [label] POSI-

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 TION is in its proper place[, but at no time during the inspection shall
 the booth be closed] OR PLACES.
   B. GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE, BY FIRST CLASS MAIL, TO ALL CANDIDATES, EXCEPT
 CANDIDATES FOR MEMBER OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE, WHO ARE LAWFULLY ENTITLED
 TO  HAVE  THEIR  NAMES  APPEAR  THEREON, OF THE TIME WHEN, AND THE PLACE
 WHERE, THEY MAY INSPECT THE VOTING MACHINES OR SYSTEMS TO  BE  USED  FOR
 SUCH  ELECTION.  THE  CANDIDATES OR THEIR DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES MAY
 APPEAR AT THE TIME AND PLACE  SPECIFIED  IN  SUCH  NOTICE  TO  VIEW  THE
 CONDUCT  OF  THE  LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED ON
 SUCH VOTING MACHINES OR SYSTEMS, PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE  TIME  SO
 SPECIFIED  SHALL  BE  NOT LESS THAN TWENTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE
 ELECTION.
   § 7. Section 7-130 of the election law is amended to read as follows:
   § 7-130. Ballots; examination by voters  and  instruction  in  use  of
 voting  machines  OR SYSTEMS.   One or more voting machines [which shall
 contain the ballot labels] OR SYSTEMS ON WHICH BALLOTS  SHALL  BE  CAST,
 showing  the  party  [emblems]  NAMES  and  [title] TITLES of [officers]
 OFFICES to be voted for, and which shall so far as  practicable  contain
 the  names  of the candidates to be voted for, shall be placed on public
 exhibition in some suitable place by the board of elections, [in  charge
 of  competent  instructors,]  for  at least three days during the thirty
 days next preceding an election. No voting machine OR SYSTEM which is to
 be assigned for use in an election shall be used for such purpose  after
 having  been  prepared  and  sealed for the election. During such public
 exhibition, the counting mechanism of the machine  OR  SYSTEM  shall  be
 concealed  from  view  and  the doors, IF ANY, may be temporarily opened
 only when authorized by the board or official having charge and  control
 of  the  election. Any voter shall be allowed to examine such machine OR
 SYSTEM, and upon request shall be instructed in its use.
   § 8. Section 16-100 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  IN  VIEW  OF  THE TIME REQUIRED FOR BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO REPRINT
 BALLOTS AND TO CONDUCT LOGIC AND ACCURACY TESTING REQUIRED BY TITLE  TWO
 OF  ARTICLE  SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS, NO COURT SHALL, EXCEPT IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES,  ENTER
 A FINAL ORDER INCLUDING THE RESOLUTION OF ANY APPEALS ISSUED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF SECTION 16-102 OF THIS ARTICLE OR SUBDIVISION FOUR
 OF SECTION 16-104 OF THIS ARTICLE UNLESS  SUCH  ORDER  OR  DETERMINATION
 SHALL  BE  MADE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE TIME FRAME REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE
 SECTIONS.
   § 9. Subdivision 4 of section 16-102 of the election law, as added  by
 chapter 135 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  A  final  order  INCLUDING  THE  RESOLUTION  OF ANY APPEALS in any
 proceeding involving the  names  of  candidates  on  ballots  or  voting
 [machines]  SYSTEMS  shall,  EXCEPT  IN  EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES, be
 made[, if possible,] at least [five weeks] FIFTY-FIVE  DAYS  before  the
 day  of  the election at which such ballots or voting [machines] SYSTEMS
 are to be used, or if such proceeding is commenced within  [five  weeks]
 FIFTY-FIVE  DAYS  of  such election, no later than the day following the
 day on which the case is heard.
   § 10. Subdivisions 1, 3 and 4 of section 16-104 of the  election  law,
 subdivision  3  as added by chapter 136 of the laws of 1978 and subdivi-
 sion 4 as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of  1985,  are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  The form and content of any ballot, or portion thereof, to be used
 in an election, and the right to use any emblem design, color, party  or

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 independent  body  name,  may be contested in a proceeding instituted in
 the supreme court by any aggrieved candidate or by the chairman  of  any
 party  committee  or  independent  body.   A PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION  MUST BE INSTITUTED WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE LAST DATE OF THE
 INSPECTION OF THE BALLOT PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION 7-128 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3. A proceeding pursuant to subdivision two of this  section  must  be
 instituted  within  [fourteen]  SEVEN days after the last day to certify
 the wording of any such abstract or form of submission.
   4. A final order INCLUDING  THE  RESOLUTION  OF  ANY  APPEALS  in  any
 proceeding  involving  the  contents  of  official ballots TO BE USED on
 [voting machines] BALLOT SCANNERS shall, EXCEPT IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUM-
 STANCES, be made[, if possible,] at least [five weeks] TWENTY-FIVE  DAYS
 before  the  day  of the election at which such [voting machines] BALLOT
 SCANNERS are to be used[, or if such proceeding is commenced within five
 weeks of an election, no later than the day following the day  on  which
 the case is heard].
   § 11. This act shall take effect December 31, 2019.
   §  2.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision,
 section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court or  competent
 jurisdiction  to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect, impair, or
 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
 to the clause, sentence,  paragraph,  subdivision,  section  or  subpart
 thereof  directly  involved  in  the controversy in which such judgement
 shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared  to  be  intent  of  the
 legislature  that  this act would have been enacted even if such invalid
 provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the applicable effective date of subparts A through B of this part shall
 be as specifically set forth in the last section of such subparts.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section  1.    Section  14-116  of  the election law, subdivision 1 as
 redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, subdivision 2 as  amended
 by chapter 260 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   §  14-116.  Political  contributions  by certain organizations. 1.  No
 corporation or joint-stock association doing  business  in  this  state,
 except  a  corporation  or association organized or maintained for poli-
 tical purposes only, shall directly or indirectly pay or use  or  offer,
 consent  or  agree  to pay or use any money or property for or in aid of
 any political party, committee or organization, or for, or  in  aid  of,
 any corporation, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, joint-stock or other associ-
 ation  organized or maintained for political purposes, or for, or in aid
 of, any candidate for  political  office  or  for  nomination  for  such
 office,  or for any political purpose whatever, or for the reimbursement
 or indemnification of any person for moneys or  property  so  used.  Any
 officer, director, stock-holder, MEMBER, OWNER, attorney or agent of any
 corporation, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, or joint-stock association which
 violates  any  of  the  provisions of this section, who participates in,
 aids, abets or advises or consents  to  any  such  violations,  and  any
 person  who  solicits  or  knowingly  receives  any money or property in
 violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
   2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,
 any  corporation, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, JOINT STOCK ASSOCIATION, or
 an organization financially supported in whole or in part[,] by ANY such

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 [corporation] ENTITY, may make expenditures[,  including  contributions,
 not  otherwise  prohibited  by law, for political purposes, in an amount
 not to exceed five thousand dollars in the  aggregate  in  any  calendar
 year] NOT OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES IN THE FORM
 OF  CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEES, AND IN THE FORM
 OF  INDEPENDENT  EXPENDITURES  MADE  AS   AN   INDEPENDENT   EXPENDITURE
 COMMITTEE;  provided  that no public utility shall use revenues received
 from the rendition of public service within the state for  contributions
 for  political  purposes unless such cost is charged to the shareholders
 of such a public service corporation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section 1. Section 5-211 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
 659  of  the  laws of 1994, the section heading and opening paragraph as
 amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 2013, and subdivisions 11  and  14
 as  amended  by  chapter  200 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 5-211. Agency assisted registration. Each  agency  designated  as  a
 participating  agency  under the provisions of this section shall imple-
 ment and administer a program of [distribution of]  INTEGRATED  PERSONAL
 voter  registration  [forms]  APPLICATIONS pursuant to the provisions of
 this section. The following  offices  which  provide  public  assistance
 and/or  provide  state  funded  programs  primarily engaged in providing
 services to persons with disabilities are  hereby  designated  as  voter
 registration  agencies:  designated  as the state agencies which provide
 public assistance are the office of children and  family  services,  the
 office  of  temporary  and  disability  assistance and the department of
 health. Also designated as public assistance agencies are  all  agencies
 of  local  government  that provide such assistance. Designated as state
 agencies that provide programs primarily engaged in  providing  services
 to  people with disabilities are the department of labor, office for the
 aging, division of veterans' affairs, office of mental  health,  [office
 of  vocational  and  educational services for individuals with disabili-
 ties, commission on quality of care for the mentally disabled, office of
 mental retardation and  developmental  disabilities,]  OFFICE  OF  ADULT
 CAREER  AND  CONTINUING  EDUCATION  SERVICES-VOCATIONAL  REHABILITATION,
 OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES,  commission  for  the
 blind, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, [the office of
 the  advocate for the disabled] THE JUSTICE CENTER and all offices which
 administer programs established or funded by such  agencies.  Additional
 state  agencies designated as voter registration offices are the depart-
 ment of state and the division of workers' compensation.  Such  agencies
 shall  be  required  to  offer  [voter  registration  forms]  INTEGRATED
 PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS to persons upon initial  appli-
 cation  for services, renewal or recertification for services and change
 of address relating to such services WHETHER ELECTRONICALLY OR ON PAPER.
 SUCH INTEGRATED PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION SHALL ALSO SERVE
 AS AN APPLICATION FOR PRE-REGISTRATION,  AS  APPLICABLE.  Such  agencies
 shall  also  be  responsible  for  providing assistance to applicants in
 completing voter registration  forms,  receiving  and  transmitting  the
 completed  application  form  from  all applicants who wish to have such
 form transmitted to the appropriate board  of  elections.    THE  AGENCY
 SHALL  TRANSMIT  TO  THE  STATE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS THAT PORTION OF EACH
 INTEGRATED PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION RECEIVED BY THE AGEN-

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 CY, WHETHER RECEIVED ELECTRONICALLY OR ON  PAPER,  THAT  INCLUDES  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  INFORMATION.  SUCH  TRANSMITTAL  BY THE AGENCY SHALL OCCUR
 THROUGH AN INTERFACE WITH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION  TRANSMITTAL
 SYSTEM  ESTABLISHED  AND MAINTAINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. THE
 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ELECTRONICALLY FORWARD  SUCH  APPLICATION
 TO  THE  APPLICABLE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK FOR FILING, PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION CONSISTENT WITH THIS  CHAP-
 TER.  The  state board of elections shall, together with representatives
 of the department of  defense,  develop  and  implement  procedures  for
 including  recruitment  offices of the armed forces of the United States
 as voter registration offices when such offices  are  so  designated  by
 federal  law.  The  state  board  shall  also make request of the United
 States Immigration and Naturalization Service  to  include  applications
 for registration by mail with any materials which are given to new citi-
 zens.  All institutions of the state university of New York and the city
 university of New York, shall, at the beginning of the school year,  and
 again  in  January of a year in which the president of the United States
 is to be elected,  provide  an  application  for  registration  to  each
 student  in  each such institution. The state board of elections may, by
 regulation, grant a waiver from any or all of the requirements  of  this
 section  to any office or program of an agency, if it determines that it
 is not feasible for such office or program to administer  such  require-
 ment.
   1. The state board of elections shall adopt such rules and regulations
 as  may  be  necessary to carry out the requirements of this section and
 shall  prepare  and  distribute  to   participating   agencies   written
 instructions  as  to  the  implementation  of  the  program and shall be
 responsible for establishing training programs for employees of  partic-
 ipating  agencies involved in such program. The state board of elections
 shall provide a toll free telephone to answer registration questions.
   2. Strict neutrality with respect to a person's party enrollment shall
 be maintained and all  persons  seeking  voter  registration  forms  and
 information  shall  be  advised  that government services are not condi-
 tioned on being registered to vote. No statement shall be made  nor  any
 action taken to discourage the applicant from registering to vote.
   3.  If  a  participating  agency  provides services to a person with a
 disability at the person's place of residence, the  agency  shall  offer
 the  opportunity  to complete a voter registration form at such place of
 residence.
   4. Each participating agency shall provide to each applicant who  does
 not  decline  to  register  to  vote  the same degree of assistance with
 regard to the completion of the  registration  application  form  as  is
 provided  by  the  agency  with regard to the completion of its own form
 unless the applicant refuses such assistance.
   5. Employees of a voter registration agency who provide  voter  regis-
 tration assistance shall not:
   (a)  seek  to  influence  an applicant's political preference or party
 designation;
   (b) display any political preference or party allegiance;
   (c) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the  purpose
 or  effect  of  which is to discourage the applicant from registering to
 vote; or
   (d) make any statement to an applicant or take any action the  purpose
 or  effect  of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision
 to register or not to register has any bearing on  the  availability  of
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   6.  The  state  board  of  elections  shall coordinate and monitor the
 distribution of  voter  registration  forms  by  those  state  agencies,
 departments,  divisions  and  offices  selected  to  participate  in the
 program to maximize the efficient and non partisan distribution of voter
 registration  information  and  forms.  The  board shall also adopt such
 rules and regulations as may be necessary to require county  boards  and
 participating  agencies to provide the state board with such information
 and data as the board deems necessary to  assess  compliance  with  this
 section and to compile such statistics as may be required by the [feder-
 al elections commission] UNITED STATES ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.
   7.  Each  participating  agency,  department, division and office that
 makes available INTEGRATED PERSONAL voter registration [forms]  APPLICA-
 TIONS  shall  prominently  display  promotional  materials  designed and
 approved by the state board of elections, informing the  public  of  the
 existence of voter registration services.
   8.  Each  participating  agency,  department,  division or office that
 makes available INTEGRATED PERSONAL voter registration [forms]  APPLICA-
 TIONS pursuant to this section shall offer with each application for the
 services  or  assistance  of such agency, department, division or office
 and with each recertification, renewal or change of address form  relat-
 ing to such service or assistance, [a registration form together] WHETH-
 ER ELECTRONICALLY OR ON PAPER, AN APPLICATION with instructions relating
 to  eligibility  to  register  and  for completing the form [except that
 forms used by the department of social services for the initial applica-
 tion for services, renewal or recertification for services and change of
 address relating to such services shall physically incorporate  a  voter
 registration  application  in a fashion that permits the voter registra-
 tion portion of the agency form to be detached  therefrom].  Such  voter
 registration application shall be designed so as to ensure the confiden-
 tiality of the source of the application. [Included on] THE VOTER REGIS-
 TRATION RELATED PORTION OF each participating agency's INTEGRATED appli-
 cation for services or assistance [or on a separate form] shall [be]:
   (A)  NOT  REQUIRE  ANY  INFORMATION  THAT  DUPLICATES  THE INFORMATION
 REQUIRED BY THE PORTION OF THE FORM RELATED TO THE APPLICATION FOR AGEN-
 CY SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE AND SHALL REQUIRE ONLY SUCH ADDITIONAL  INFOR-
 MATION  AS  WILL  ENABLE  ELECTION  OFFICIALS  TO ASSESS THE APPLICANT'S
 ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE, PREVENT DUPLICATE REGISTRATION  AND  TO
 ADMINISTER VOTER REGISTRATION AND OTHER PARTS OF THE ELECTION PROCESS;
   (B)  INCLUDE  A  STATEMENT  OF  THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER
 REGISTRATION AND SHALL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO ATTEST  BY  HIS  OR  HER
 SIGNATURE  THAT  HE  OR  SHE  MEETS  THOSE REQUIREMENTS UNDER PENALTY OF
 PERJURY UNLESS SUCH APPLICANT DECLINES SUCH REGISTRATION;
   (C) INFORM THE APPLICANT, IN PRINT  IDENTICAL  TO  THAT  USED  IN  THE
 ATTESTATION SECTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) VOTER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS;
   (II) PENALTIES FOR SUBMISSION OF FALSE REGISTRATION APPLICATION;
   (III)  THAT  THE  OFFICE  WHERE THE APPLICANT APPLIES FOR REGISTRATION
 SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND THE VOTER REGISTRATION  INFORMATION  SHALL
 BE USED ONLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES;
   (IV) THAT IF THE APPLICANT APPLIES TO REGISTER TO VOTE ELECTRONICALLY,
 SUCH  APPLICANT THEREBY CONSENTS TO THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE
 INDIVIDUAL'S MANUAL SIGNATURE THAT IS IN THE CUSTODY OF  THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  MOTOR VEHICLES, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, OR OTHER AGENCY DESIG-
 NATED BY THIS SECTION OR SECTION 5-212 OF THIS TITLE,  AS  THE  INDIVID-
 UAL'S  VOTER  REGISTRATION  EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE IF THE INDIVIDUAL VOTER'S
 EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE IS NOT PROVIDED WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION  APPLICA-

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 TION,  OR  PROVIDES  SUCH  A SIGNATURE BY DIRECT UPLOAD IN A MANNER THAT
 COMPLIES WITH THE NEW YORK STATE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE  AND  RECORDS  ACT
 AND  THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS; AND
   (V)  IF  THE APPLICANT DECLINES TO REGISTER, SUCH APPLICANT'S DECLINA-
 TION SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND BE USED ONLY FOR  VOTER  REGISTRATION
 PURPOSES;
   (D)  INCLUDE  A BOX FOR THE APPLICANT TO CHECK TO INDICATE WHETHER THE
 APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DECLINE TO  REGISTER  TO  VOTE  ALONG  WITH  THE
 STATEMENT  IN  PROMINENT  TYPE,  "IF  YOU DO NOT CHECK THIS BOX, AND YOU
 PROVIDE YOUR SIGNATURE ON THE SPACE BELOW, YOU  WILL  HAVE  ATTESTED  TO
 YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND YOU WILL HAVE APPLIED TO REGIS-
 TER TO VOTE.";
   (E) INCLUDE A SPACE FOR THE APPLICANT TO INDICATE HIS OR HER CHOICE OF
 PARTY ENROLLMENT, WITH A CLEAR ALTERNATIVE PROVIDED FOR THE APPLICANT TO
 DECLINE TO AFFILIATE WITH ANY PARTY;
   [(a)  the  question, "If you are not registered to vote where you live
 now, would you like to apply to register here today?"]
   [(b) The statement,] (F) STATE "applying to register or  declining  to
 register  to vote will not affect the amount of assistance that you will
 be provided by this agency.";
   [(c) boxes for the applicant to check to indicate whether  the  appli-
 cant would like to register or decline to register to vote.
   (d)  the statement in prominent type, "IF YOU DO NOT CHECK EITHER BOX,
 YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO REGISTER TO VOTE  AT  THIS
 TIME."]
   [(e)  the statement,] (G) STATE "If you would like help in filling out
 the voter registration application form, we will help you. The  decision
 whether  to  seek or accept help is yours. You may fill out the applica-
 tion form in private.";
   (H) STATE THAT IF AN APPLICANT IS A VICTIM  OF  DOMESTIC  VIOLENCE  OR
 STALKING, HE OR SHE MAY CONTACT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN ORDER TO
 RECEIVE  INFORMATION  REGARDING  THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM FOR
 VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNDER SECTION 5-508 OF THIS TITLE;
   [(f) the statement,] (I) STATE "If you believe that someone has inter-
 fered with your right to register or decline to register to  vote,  your
 right  to  privacy  in  deciding  whether  to register or in applying to
 register to vote, or your right to choose your own  political  party  or
 other  political  preference,  you  may  file a complaint with the state
 board of elections (address and toll free telephone number).";
   [(g)] (J) CONTAIN a toll free number at the state board  of  elections
 that can be called for answers to registration questions[.]; AND
   (K) INCLUDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT.
   9.  AN INTEGRATED PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO
 AN AGENCY IN PAPER FORMAT SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL SYSTEM BY
 CONVERTING THE PAPER FORM TO AN IMAGE FILE OR A PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT
 FILE WHICH SHALL THEREAFTER BE DEEMED THE ORIGINAL FORM FOR VOTER REGIS-
 TRATION  AND  ENROLLMENT PURPOSES.  THE AGENCY SHALL RETAIN THE COMPLETE
 ORIGINAL PAPER APPLICATION FOR NO LESS THAN TWO YEARS.  THE  TRANSMITTAL
 OF THE CONVERTED PAPER APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE VOTER REGIS-
 TRATION DATA ELEMENTS, INCLUDING SIGNATURE, AND RECORD OF ATTESTATION OF
 THE  ACCURACY  OF THE VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION, AND MAY INCLUDE OR
 BE ACCOMPANIED BY DATA ELEMENTS AND TRANSMITTAL INFORMATION AS  REQUIRED
 BY  THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. A DIGITAL

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 IMAGE OF  A  SIGNATURE  SHALL  SATISFY  THE  SIGNATURE  REQUIREMENT  FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   10. AN INTEGRATED PERSONAL VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO
 AN  AGENCY  IN  AN  ELECTRONIC  FORMAT SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION TRANSMITTAL
 SYSTEM AND SHALL INCLUDE ALL OF THE VOTER  REGISTRATION  DATA  ELEMENTS,
 INCLUDING  SIGNATURE,  AND  RECORD OF ATTESTATION OF THE ACCURACY OF THE
 VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION  AND  ANY  RELEVANT  DOCUMENT  IMAGES.  A
 SIGNATURE MAY BE ELECTRONIC FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   11.  THE  AGENCY  SHALL REDACT OR REMOVE FROM THE COMPLETED INTEGRATED
 APPLICATION TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ANY INFOR-
 MATION SOLELY APPLICABLE TO THE AGENCY APPLICATION.
   12. Disclosure of voter registration information, including a declina-
 tion to register, by a participating agency, its  agents  or  employees,
 for  other  than  voter registration purposes, shall be deemed an unwar-
 ranted invasion of personal privacy pursuant to the provisions of subdi-
 vision two of section eighty-nine of the public officers law  and  shall
 constitute a violation of this chapter.
   [10.]  13.  The  form  containing  the declination to register to vote
 shall be retained by the recipient agency for the same period of time as
 such agency retains the accompanying application  for  services  or  for
 such  shorter  period  of  time as may be approved by the state board of
 elections.
   [11.] 14. The participating agency shall transmit the completed  INTE-
 GRATED  PERSONAL  VOTER REGISTRATION applications [for registration] and
 change of address forms to the [appropriate] STATE  board  of  elections
 not  later  than  ten  days after receipt except that all such completed
 applications and forms received by the agency between the thirtieth  and
 twenty-fifth  day before an election shall be transmitted in such manner
 and at such time as to assure their receipt by  [such]  THE  APPROPRIATE
 board  of  elections  not  later  than  the  twentieth  day  before such
 election.
   [12.] 15. Completed  [application  forms]  INTEGRATED  PERSONAL  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  APPLICATIONS,  when received by a participating agency not
 later than the twenty-fifth day before the next ensuing primary, general
 or special election and transmitted by such agency to the  [appropriate]
 STATE  board of elections so that they are received by [such] THE APPRO-
 PRIATE board not later than the twentieth day before such election shall
 entitle the applicant to vote in such election provided the board deter-
 mines that the applicant is otherwise qualified.
   [13. The state board of elections shall provide application forms  for
 use  pursuant  to  this section except that any agency which uses a form
 other than such registration form shall  be  responsible  for  providing
 such  form.  Forms  which  vary  in  design and or content from the form
 approved by the state board of elections  may  only  be  used  with  the
 approval of such board.
   14.]  16. Applications shall be processed by the board of elections in
 the manner prescribed by section 5-210 of this title or, if  the  appli-
 cant is already registered to vote from another address in the county or
 city, in the manner prescribed by section 5-208 of this title. The board
 shall  send  the appropriate notice of approval or rejection as required
 by either subdivision nine of such section 5-210 or subdivision five  of
 such section 5-208.
   [15.] 17. The head of each participating agency shall take all actions
 which  are  necessary and proper for the implementation of this section.
 Each agency head shall designate one person within  the  agency  as  the

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 agency  voter  registration coordinator who will, under the direction of
 the state board of elections, be responsible for the voter  registration
 program in such agency.
   [16.] 18. The state board shall develop and distribute public informa-
 tion  and promotional materials relating to the purposes and implementa-
 tion of this program.
   [17.] 19. Each agency designated as a participating agency under  this
 section  shall  conduct  a  study  and prepare a report to determine the
 feasibility, practicality  and  cost-effectiveness  of  designing  their
 agency  intake  forms  to  serve  also  as voter registration forms that
 comply with state and federal  law.  Such  study  and  report  shall  be
 completed  by December 1, 1996. Copies of such reports shall be provided
 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the  speaker  of
 the  assembly  and the state board of elections. After submission of the
 report, participating agencies that determine that it is feasible, prac-
 tical and cost-effective to have such forms also serve as  voter  regis-
 tration  forms  shall  do  so  upon  the  approval of the state board of
 elections. For each agency that determines it is feasible, practical and
 cost effective to use agency intake  forms  that  serve  also  as  voter
 registration forms, the state board of elections shall approve or disap-
 prove  such use within six months of the submission of the report by the
 agency.
   20. THE VOTER SHALL BE ABLE TO SIGN THE VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION
 AND THE AGENCY APPLICATION BY MEANS OF A  SINGLE  MANUAL  OR  ELECTRONIC
 SIGNATURE  UNLESS  THE AGENCY REQUIRES MORE THAN ONE SIGNATURE FOR OTHER
 AGENCY PURPOSES.
   21. NO APPLICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION SHALL BE  SUBMITTED  IF  THE
 APPLICANT DECLINES REGISTRATION OR FAILS TO SIGN THE INTEGRATED APPLICA-
 TION, WHETHER ON PAPER OR ONLINE.
   22.  (A) IF A VOTER REGISTRATION EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE IS NOT PROVIDED BY
 AN APPLICANT WHO SUBMITS A VOTER REGISTRATION  APPLICATION  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS TITLE, THE LOCAL BOARD SHALL SEEK TO OBTAIN SUCH EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE
 FROM  THE  STATEWIDE  VOTER  REGISTRATION  DATABASE,  THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS, OR A STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY  DESIGNATED  BY  THIS  SECTION  OR
 SECTION 5-212 OF THIS TITLE.
   (B)  IF  SUCH  EXEMPLAR  SIGNATURE IS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE STATEWIDE
 VOTER REGISTRATION DATABASE, THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, OR A STATE OR
 LOCAL AGENCY DESIGNATED BY THIS SECTION OR SECTION 5-212 OF THIS  TITLE,
 THE  LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL, ABSENT ANOTHER REASON TO REJECT THE
 APPLICATION, PROCEED TO REGISTER AND, AS APPLICABLE, ENROLL  THE  APPLI-
 CANT.  WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH ACTION, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL SEND
 A STANDARD FORM PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO THE VOTER
 WHOSE RECORD LACKS AN EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE, REQUIRING SUCH VOTER TO SUBMIT
 A SIGNATURE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES. THE VOTER SHALL SUBMIT  TO  THE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS A VOTER REGISTRATION EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE BY ANY ONE OF
 THE  FOLLOWING  METHODS:  IN  PERSON,  BY  MAIL WITH RETURN POSTAGE PAID
 PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, OR BY ELECTRONIC
 UPLOAD TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC VOTER  REGISTRA-
 TION  TRANSMITTAL  SYSTEM.  IF  SUCH VOTER DOES NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED
 EXEMPLAR SIGNATURE, WHEN THE VOTER APPEARS TO VOTE THE  VOTER  SHALL  BE
 ENTITLED  TO VOTE IN THE SAME MANNER AS A VOTER WITH A NOTATION INDICAT-
 ING THE VOTER'S IDENTITY  HAS  NOT  YET  BEEN  VERIFIED  IN  THE  MANNER
 PROVIDED BY SECTION 8-302 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   23.  NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 5-210 OF THIS TITLE OR
 ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE  TO  VOTE  WHO
 FAILS  TO  DECLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS

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 OF THIS SECTION AND DID NOT WILLFULLY OR KNOWINGLY SEEK TO  REGISTER  TO
 VOTE KNOWING THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO DO SO:
   (A)  SHALL NOT BE GUILTY OF ANY CRIME AS THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S
 FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH DECLINATION;
   (B) SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN  REGISTERED  WITH  OFFICIAL  AUTHORI-
 ZATION; AND
   (C)  SUCH ACT MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCE OF A CLAIM TO CITIZEN-
 SHIP.
   24. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 5-210 OF THIS TITLE  OR
 ANY  OTHER  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, A PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO VOTE WHO
 FAILS TO DECLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SECTION,  WHO  THEN  EITHER  VOTES  OR  ATTEMPTS TO VOTE IN AN
 ELECTION HELD AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THAT  PERSON'S  REGISTRATION,
 AND  WHO DID NOT WILLFULLY OR KNOWINGLY SEEK TO REGISTER TO VOTE KNOWING
 THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO DO SO, AND DID NOT  SUBSEQUENTLY  VOTE
 OR ATTEMPT TO VOTE KNOWING THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO DO SO:
   (A)  SHALL NOT BE GUILTY OF ANY CRIME AS THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S
 FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH DECLINATION AND SUBSEQUENT VOTE OR ATTEMPT TO VOTE;
   (B) SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN  REGISTERED  WITH  OFFICIAL  AUTHORI-
 ZATION; AND
   (C)  SUCH ACT MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCE OF A CLAIM TO CITIZEN-
 SHIP.
   25. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  NO  AGENCY  DESIG-
 NATED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION SHALL TRANSMIT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ANY
 APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OR PRE-REGISTRATION FOR A PERSON  THAT  IS,
 BY  VIRTUE  OF DATA MAINTAINED BY THE AGENCY, DEMONSTRABLY INELIGIBLE TO
 REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE BY REASON OF AGE OR NOT BEING A CITIZEN
 OF THE UNITED STATES.
   26. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGU-
 LATIONS  TO  IMPLEMENT  THIS  SECTION.    ALL  AGENCY  FORMS AND NOTICES
 REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  APPROVED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS.  ALL APPLICATIONS AND NOTICES FOR USE BY A BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE PROMULGATED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS,  AND  NO  ADDITION  OR ALTERATION TO SUCH FORMS BY A BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS  SHALL  BE  MADE  WITHOUT  APPROVAL  OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the earlier occurrence of:  (i) two
 years after it shall have become a law; or (ii) five days after the date
 of  certification  by  the state board of elections that the information
 technology infrastructure to substantially implement this act  is  func-
 tional. Provided, further that the state board of elections shall notify
 the  legislative  bill  drafting  commission  upon the occurrence of the
 enactment of the legislation provided for in this act in order that  the
 commission  may  maintain  an accurate and timely effective data base of
 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of  the  legislative  law  and
 section  70-b  of  the  public  officers law. Effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such date.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section 1. Section 3-110 of the election law, as renumbered by chapter
 234 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:

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   § 3-110. Time allowed employees to vote. 1. [If a] A registered  voter
 [does  not  have  sufficient  time  outside of his working hours, within
 which to vote at any election, he] may, without loss of pay  for  up  to
 [two] THREE hours, take off so much working time as will[, when added to
 his voting time outside his working hours,] enable him OR HER to vote AT
 ANY ELECTION.
   2. [If an employee has four consecutive hours either between the open-
 ing  of the polls and the beginning of his working shift, or between the
 end of his working shift and the closing  of  the  polls,  he  shall  be
 deemed to have sufficient time outside his working hours within which to
 vote. If he has less than four consecutive hours he may take off so much
 working  time  as will when added to his voting time outside his working
 hours enable him to vote, but not more than two hours of which shall  be
 without  loss  of  pay,  provided that he] THE EMPLOYEE shall be allowed
 time off for voting only at the beginning or end of his OR  HER  working
 shift, as the employer may designate, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
   3. If the employee requires working time off to vote [he] THE EMPLOYEE
 shall  notify  his OR HER employer not [more than ten nor] less than two
 working days before the day of the election that he OR SHE requires time
 off to vote in accordance with the provisions of this section.
   4. Not less than ten working days before every election, every employ-
 er shall post conspicuously in the place of work where it can be seen as
 employees come or go to their place of work, a notice setting forth  the
 provisions  of this section.  Such notice shall be kept posted until the
 close of the polls on election day.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 8-100  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  367  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
 ry election from [twelve o'clock noon until nine o'clock in the evening,
 except in the city of New York and  the  counties  of  Nassau,  Suffolk,
 Westchester,  Rockland,  Orange,  Putnam, Dutchess and Erie, and in such
 city or county from] six o'clock in the morning until  nine  o'clock  in
 the  evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until
 nine o'clock in the evening; a special election called by  the  governor
 pursuant  to  the public officers law, and, except as otherwise provided
 by law, every other election, from six o'clock in the morning until nine
 o'clock in the evening; EARLY VOTING HOURS SHALL BE AS PROVIDED IN TITLE
 SIX OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January after it shall
 have become a law and shall apply to any election held 120 days after.
 
                                  PART J

   Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4  of
 section  3-212 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws
 of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   Said annual report, as required by paragraph (a) of this  subdivision,
 shall  include  a  detailed description of existing programs designed to
 enhance voter registration, INCLUDING  PRE-REGISTRATION.    Such  report
 shall include a voter registration action plan which details the various
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 steps which shall be taken in the future to increase registration oppor-
 tunities, especially for those identifiable groups  of  persons  histor-
 ically  underrepresented  on the rolls of registered voters; and coordi-
 nate  voter  education  programs  with  school  districts,  colleges and
 universities within the board's jurisdiction including  voter  registra-
 tion of qualified applicants and instructional or extracurricular activ-
 ities promoting participation in the electoral process.
   § 2. Paragraph (g) and subparagraphs (vi) and (xi) of paragraph (k) of
 subdivision  5 of section 5-210 of the election law, as amended by chap-
 ter 179 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   (g) Notice that the applicant must be a citizen of the United  States,
 is  [or  will  be] at least [eighteen] SIXTEEN years old [not later than
 December  thirty-first  of  the  calendar  year  in  which  he  or   she
 registers], and IS a resident of the county or city to which application
 is made.
   (vi) A space for the applicant to answer the question ["Will you be 18
 years  of  age  on  or before election day?"] "ARE YOU AT LEAST 16 YEARS
 OLD?" and the statement "If you checked "no" in response to  this  ques-
 tion, do not complete this form [unless you will be 18 by the end of the
 year]."
   (xi)  A place for the applicant to execute the form on a line which is
 clearly labeled "signature  of  applicant"  preceded  by  the  following
 specific form of affirmation:
   AFFIDAVIT: I swear or affirm that:
      * I am a citizen of the United States.
      * I will have lived in the county, city, or village for at least 30
        days before the election.
      * I  meet  all the requirements to register OR PRE-REGISTER to vote
        in New York State.
      * This is my signature or mark on the line below.
      * All the information contained on  this  application  is  true.  I
        understand that if it is not true I can be convicted and fined up
        to $5,000 and/or jailed for up to four years.
 which  form of affirmation shall be followed by a space for the date and
 the aforementioned line for the applicant's signature.
   § 3. Paragraph o of subdivision 4 of section  5-500  of  the  election
 law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended and a new
 paragraph p is added to read as follows:
   o.  A space for "remarks" regarding other facts required by this chap-
 ter to be recorded or appropriate to identify the voter[.];
   P. A SPACE FOR PRE-REGISTERING APPLICANTS TO RESPOND TO THE  FOLLOWING
 QUESTION: "ARE YOU AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST
 BE 18 YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY TO VOTE, AND THAT UNTIL YOU
 REACH  THE  AGE  OF 18 YOUR REGISTRATION WILL BE MARKED AS 'PENDING' AND
 YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO CAST A BALLOT IN ANY ELECTION?".
   § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 5-102 of the election law is amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  No  person  shall  be  qualified  to  register for and vote at any
 election unless he is a citizen of the United States [and is or will be,
 on the day of such election], IS eighteen years of age or over, and IS a
 resident of this state and of the county, city or village for a  minimum
 of thirty days next preceding such election.
   § 5. The election law is amended by adding a new section 5-507 to read
 as follows:
   §  5-507.  VOTER  PRE-REGISTRATION.  A  PERSON WHO IS AT LEAST SIXTEEN
 YEARS OF AGE AND WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED  TO  REGISTER  TO  VOTE  MAY

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 PRE-REGISTER  TO VOTE, AND SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERED UPON REACH-
 ING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY, FOLLOWING VERIFICATION OF THE PERSON'S QUAL-
 IFICATIONS AND ADDRESS.
   §  6. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.

                                  PART K
 
   Section  1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-131
 to read as follows:
   § 14-131. GOVERNMENT VENDOR CONTRIBUTIONS. 1. (A) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL
 DURING THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD FOR ANY PERSON,  ORGAN-
 IZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS ENTITY THAT SUBMITS A BID, QUOTA-
 TION, OFFER OR RESPONSE TO A STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY POSTING OR SOLIC-
 ITATION  FOR  PROCUREMENT  TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY OFFICEHOLDER OF
 THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR ENTITIES ISSUING SUCH POSTING OR SOLIC-
 ITATION, EVALUATING SUCH RESPONSE OR APPROVING  OR  AWARDING  THE  FINAL
 PROCUREMENT  CONTRACT, OR TO ANY CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE OF SUCH GOVERN-
 MENTAL ENTITY, INCLUDING TO SUCH OFFICEHOLDER'S OR  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHOR-
 IZED POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
   (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE SHALL BE
 SEPARATE AND DISTINCT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHEN A PARTICULAR POSTING OR
 SOLICITATION FOR PROCUREMENT IS ISSUED BY ONLY ONE RESPECTIVE HOUSE.
   (C) THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY  DIRECTLY  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  ISSUING
 SUCH  POSTING  OR SOLICITATION FOR PROCUREMENT SHALL INCLUDE A NOTICE OF
 THE PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION AND THE  STATE  GOVERNMENTAL
 ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING RESPONSES TO SUCH POSTING OR SOLICITA-
 TION  SHALL  PROVIDE  TO  ANY PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR
 BUSINESS ENTITY THAT SUBMITS A PROPOSAL IN RESPONSE TO SUCH  POSTING  OR
 SOLICITATION A NOTICE OF THE PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION AND
 THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD COMMENCEMENT DATE.
   2.  AS  USED IN THIS SECTION "BUSINESS ENTITY" MEANS A BUSINESS CORPO-
 RATION, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,
 PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,  BUSINESS  TRUST, ASSOCIATION OR ANY
 OTHER LEGAL COMMERCIAL ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE  OR
 ANY  OTHER  STATE  OR  FOREIGN  JURISDICTION,  INCLUDING  ANY SUBSIDIARY
 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY THE BUSINESS ENTITY, AND ANY  POLI-
 TICAL ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY POLITICAL ORGANIZA-
 TION  ORGANIZED  UNDER SECTION 527 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THAT IS
 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY THE BUSINESS ENTITY.
   3. THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL COMMENCE, WITH RESPECT TO A SPECIFIC PERSON,  ORGANIZATION,  GROUP
 OF  PERSONS,  OR BUSINESS ENTITY THAT SUBMITS A BID, QUOTATION, OFFER OR
 RESPONSE TO THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY POSTING  OR  SOLICITATION,  AT
 THE  EARLIEST  POSTING,  ON  A STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S WEBSITE, IN A
 NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION OR  IN  THE  PROCUREMENT  OPPORTUNITIES
 NEWSLETTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FOUR-C OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 LAW  OF  WRITTEN  NOTICE, ADVERTISEMENT OR SOLICITATION OF A REQUEST FOR
 PROPOSAL, INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR SOLICITATIONS  OF  PROPOSALS,  OR  ANY
 OTHER METHOD PROVIDED FOR BY LAW OR REGULATION FOR SOLICITING A RESPONSE
 FROM OFFERERS INTENDING TO RESULT IN A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT WITH A STATE
 GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY. THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD DOES NOT
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 THAT IS RESPONDING TO A STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S REQUEST FOR INFORMA-
 TION  OR  OTHER  INFORMATIONAL EXCHANGES OCCURRING PRIOR TO SUCH GOVERN-
 MENTAL ENTITY'S POSTING OR SOLICITATION FOR PROCUREMENT.
   4. THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL  END  WITH  RESPECT  TO  A SPECIFIC PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF
 PERSONS, OR BUSINESS ENTITY AS FOLLOWS:
   (A) IF THE PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS  ENTITY
 IS  THE  RECIPIENT  OF  THE  FINAL CONTRACT AWARD, THE RESTRICTED VENDOR
 CONTRIBUTION PERIOD SHALL END ONE YEAR AFTER THE  FINAL  CONTRACT  AWARD
 AND APPROVAL BY THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER.
   (B)  IF THE PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS ENTITY
 IS NOT THE RECIPIENT OF THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD, THE RESTRICTED  VENDOR
 CONTRIBUTION PERIOD SHALL END WITH THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD AND APPROVAL
 BY  THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER.
   § 2. Section 14-126 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  (A) ANY PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS ENTITY
 AS THAT TERM IS USED IN SECTION  14-131  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  WHO,  UNDER
 CIRCUMSTANCES  EVINCING  AN INTENT TO VIOLATE SUCH LAW, MAKES A CONTRIB-
 UTION IN CONTRAVENTION OF  SECTION  14-131  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE
 SUBJECT  TO  A  CIVIL  PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE GREATER OF TEN THOUSAND
 DOLLARS OR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWO HUNDRED PERCENT OF  THE  CONTRIBUTION,
 TO  BE RECOVERABLE IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION TO BE BROUGHT
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL.
   (B) ANY PERSON WHO, ACTING AS OR ON BEHALF OF AN OFFICEHOLDER,  CANDI-
 DATE, OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE, ACCEPTS A CONTRIBUTION IN CONTRAVENTION OF
 SECTION 14-131 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REFUND SUCH CONTRIB-
 UTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section  1. Section 5-208 of the election law, as added by chapter 659
 of the laws of 1994, subdivisions 1, 5 and 8 as amended by  chapter  200
 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   §  5-208.  Transfer  of  registration  and enrollment. 1. The board of
 elections shall transfer the registration and enrollment  of  any  voter
 APPEARING  ON  A  STATEWIDE  VOTER  LIST  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 5-614 OF THIS ARTICLE for whom it receives a notice of change of
 address to another address in [the same county or city] NEW YORK  STATE,
 or  for  any  voter  who  casts a ballot in an affidavit ballot envelope
 which sets forth such a new address.   Such notices shall  include,  but
 not be limited to, notices received from any state agency which conducts
 a  voter  registration  program  pursuant  to the provisions of sections
 5-211 and 5-212 of this title, that the voter has notified  such  agency
 of  a  change  of  address  in  [the same city or county] NEW YORK STATE
 unless the voter has indicated that such change of address  is  not  for
 voter  registration  purposes,  notices  of  change  of address from the
 United States Postal Service through  the  National  Change  of  Address
 System,  any  notices of a forwarding address on mail sent to a voter by
 the board of elections and returned by the postal service,  national  or
 state  voter  registration  forms,  confirmation mailing response cards,
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 address,  applications  for registration from persons already registered
 in [such county or city] NEW YORK STATE, or any other notices to  corre-
 spondents sent to the board of elections by such voters.
   2.  Upon  receipt of such a notice, the board shall compare the signa-
 ture (if any) and other information with the signature and other  infor-
 mation  on  the registration record on file. If such signature and other
 information appears to be correct, the board shall change the address of
 the voter in all the records of such board.
   3. If such a notice is received at least twenty days before a primary,
 special or general election, such change of address  must  be  completed
 before such election.
   4.  If  such  application for registration from a voter already regis-
 tered in [such county or city] NEW YORK STATE also reflects a change  of
 enrollment,  the  board  of elections shall treat such application as an
 application for change of enrollment pursuant to section 5-304  of  this
 article.
   5.  As soon as practicable, after it transfers a voter's registration,
 the board of elections shall send the voter, by forwardable first  class
 or  return  postage guaranteed mail, a notice advising him OR HER of the
 transfer in a form which is similar to the notice  sent  to  new  regis-
 trants  pursuant  to  the  provisions of section 5-210 of this title and
 which has been approved by the state board of elections.  If the  notice
 of  change of address did not contain the voter's signature, such notice
 shall include a postage paid return card, in a form  prescribed  by  the
 state  board  of  elections,  on which the voter may notify the board of
 elections of any correction of address, together  with  a  statement  on
 such  notice  and  on  the return card that the voter should return such
 card only if the address to which the notice was sent is not the voter's
 current address.
   6. If a notice sent pursuant to subdivision five of  this  section  is
 returned by the postal service as undeliverable and without a forwarding
 address,  the  board  of elections shall return the registration of such
 voter to the original address, send such  voter  a  confirmation  notice
 pursuant  to  the provisions of subdivision one of section 5-712 of this
 [title] ARTICLE and place such voter in inactive status.
   7. The board of elections shall preserve such  notices  of  change  of
 address for as long as registration records are otherwise required to be
 preserved  or,  if the computer readable records maintained by the board
 of elections include a complete copy of such  notice,  the  board  shall
 preserve  the original notice for a period of at least two years or such
 longer period as the state board of elections may require.
   8. If the board of elections receives notice of a  change  of  address
 within  [such city or county] NEW YORK STATE from, or with respect to, a
 person who it determines is not registered in [such county or city]  NEW
 YORK  STATE, it shall forthwith send such person a notice to that effect
 in a form approved by the state board of elections at  the  new  address
 set  forth  in  such  notice of change of address, together with a voter
 registration form.
   9. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS AS TO THE
 PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFERRING A VOTER'S REGISTRATION AND  ENROLLMENT  FROM
 ONE COUNTY TO ANOTHER.
   §  2.  Subparagraph  (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section
 8-302 of the election law, as amended by chapter  164  of  the  laws  of
 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   (ii) He or she may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that he
 or  she  has  duly  registered  to  vote,  the  address in such election

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 district from which he or she registered, that he or she remains a  duly
 qualified  voter in such election district, that his or her registration
 poll record appears to be lost or misplaced or  that  his  or  her  name
 and/or  his  or  her  signature  was omitted from the computer generated
 registration list or that he or she has  moved  within  [the  county  or
 city]  NEW  YORK STATE since he or she last registered, the address from
 which he or she was previously registered and the address at which he or
 she currently resides, and at a primary election, the party in which  he
 or she is enrolled. The inspectors of election shall offer such an affi-
 davit  to  each  such  voter whose residence address is in such election
 district.  Each such affidavit shall be in  a  form  prescribed  by  the
 state  board  of  elections, shall be printed on an envelope of the size
 and quality used for an absentee ballot envelope, and shall  contain  an
 acknowledgment  that  the  affiant  understands that any false statement
 made  therein  is  perjury  punishable  according  to  law.  Such   form
 prescribed  by  the  state  board of elections shall request information
 required to register such voter should the county board  determine  that
 such  voter  is  not  registered  and shall constitute an application to
 register to vote. The voter's name and the entries required  shall  then
 be  entered  without  delay  and  without  further inquiry in the fourth
 section of the challenge report or in the place provided at the  end  of
 the  computer  generated  registration  list, with the notation that the
 voter has executed the affidavit hereinabove  prescribed,  or,  if  such
 person's  name  appears on the computer generated registration list, the
 board of elections may provide a place to make such entry next to his or
 her name on such list.  The voter shall then, without  further  inquiry,
 be  permitted  to vote an affidavit ballot provided for by this chapter.
 Such ballot shall thereupon be placed in the envelope containing his  or
 her  affidavit,  and  the  envelope  sealed and returned to the board of
 elections in the manner provided by this chapter for protested  official
 ballots, including a statement of the number of such ballots.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 14-114  of  the  election  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph c to read as follows:
   C.  LOBBYISTS,  AS  DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION ONE-C OF THE
 LEGISLATIVE LAW OR BY SUBDIVISION (A) OF SECTION 3-211 OF  THE  ADMINIS-
 TRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES, LABOR
 UNIONS,  AND  ANY  PERSON  WHO  HAS  REGISTERED  WITH THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS AS AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVI-
 SION  THREE OF SECTION 14-107 OF THIS ARTICLE ARE PROHIBITED FROM MAKING
 LOANS TO CANDIDATES OR POLITICAL COMMITTEES; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  A
 LOBBYIST  SHALL  NOT  BE  PROHIBITED  FROM  MAKING  A LOAN TO HIMSELF OR
 HERSELF OR TO HIS OR HER OWN POLITICAL COMMITTEE WHEN SUCH LOBBYIST IS A
 CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART N
 
   Section 1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 38 to read as follows:
   38.  "COMPUTER  GENERATED  REGISTRATION LIST" MEANS A PRINTED OR ELEC-
 TRONIC LIST OF VOTERS  IN  ALPHABETICAL  ORDER  FOR  A  SINGLE  ELECTION

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 DISTRICT  OR  POLL SITE, GENERATED FROM A COMPUTER REGISTRATION FILE FOR
 EACH ELECTION AND CONTAINING FOR EACH VOTER LISTED, A FACSIMILE  OF  THE
 SIGNATURE OF THE VOTER. SUCH A LIST MAY BE IN A SINGLE VOLUME OR IN MORE
 THAN  ONE VOLUME. THE LIST MAY BE UTILIZED IN PLACE OF REGISTRATION POLL
 RECORDS, TO ESTABLISH A PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY  TO  VOTE  IN  THE  POLLING
 PLACE ON ELECTION DAY.
   (A)  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROMULGATE MINIMUM SECURITY
 STANDARDS FOR ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ANY NETWORK OR SYSTEM TO  WHICH
 THE  ELECTRONIC  DEVICE IS CONNECTED, THAT IS USED TO STORE OR OTHERWISE
 ACCESS A COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST, AND SHALL ALSO PROMULGATE
 A LIST OF DEVICES THAT ARE APPROVED FOR USE. NO LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 SHALL BE PERMITTED TO USE SUCH  A  DEVICE  UNLESS  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS  HAS  PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE DEVICE FOR USE AND HAS CERTIFIED
 THAT THE NETWORK OR SYSTEM TO WHICH THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE  IS  CONNECTED
 IS COMPLIANT WITH THE MINIMUM SECURITY STANDARDS.
   (B) THE MINIMUM SECURITY STANDARDS FOR SUCH DEVICES SHALL BE COMMENSU-
 RATE  WITH  THE  LEVEL  OF  SECURITY RISK APPLICABLE TO SUCH DEVICES AND
 SHALL SPECIFICALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY SECURITY RISK  ASSOCIATED  WITH
 VOTING EQUIPMENT-RELATED SUPPLY CHAINS IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER APPLICA-
 BLE SECURITY RISK.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 4-128 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 125 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  board of elections of each county shall provide the requisite
 number of official and facsimile ballots, two cards  of  instruction  to
 voters  in the form prescribed by the state board of elections, at least
 one copy of the instruction booklet for inspectors, a sufficient  number
 of  maps,  street  finders  or  other descriptions of all of the polling
 places and election districts within the political subdivision in  which
 the  polling place is located to enable the election inspectors and poll
 clerks to determine the correct election district and polling place  for
 each  street address within the political subdivision in which the poll-
 ing place is located, distance markers, tally sheets and return  blanks,
 pens,  [black  ink,  or ball point pens with black ink,] pencils [having
 black lead], OR OTHER APPROPRIATE MARKING  DEVICES,  envelopes  for  the
 ballots  of voters whose registration poll records are not in the ledger
 or whose names are not [on] IN the computer generated registration list,
 envelopes for returns, identification buttons, badges or emblems for the
 inspectors and clerks in the form  prescribed  by  the  state  board  of
 elections  and such other articles of stationery as may be necessary for
 the proper conduct of elections,  except  that  when  a  town,  city  or
 village  holds  an election not conducted by the board of elections, the
 clerk of such town, city or village, shall  provide  such  official  and
 facsimile  ballots and the necessary blanks, supplies and stationery for
 such election.
   § 3. Subdivision c of section 4-132 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 164 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
   c. A booth or device in each election district for the use  of  voters
 marking  ballots.  Such  booth  or  device shall be so constructed as to
 permit the voter to mark his OR HER  ballot  in  secrecy  and  shall  be
 furnished  at all times with [a pencil having black lead only] AN APPRO-
 PRIATE MARKING DEVICE.
   § 4. Section 4-134 of the election law, the section heading as amended
 by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, subdivisions 1 and 3 as  amended  by
 chapter 163 of the laws of 2010, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 425
 of  the laws of 1986, and subdivisions 5 and 6 as amended by chapter 635
 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:

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   § 4-134. Preparation and delivery of ballots, supplies  and  equipment
 for  use  at  elections. 1. The board of elections shall deliver, at its
 office, to the clerk of each town or city  in  the  county,  except  the
 cities  of  New  York,  Buffalo  and  Rochester and to the clerk of each
 village  in  the county in which elections are conducted by the board of
 elections, by the Saturday before the primary, general, village or other
 election for which they are required: the official and  sample  ballots;
 ledgers  prepared for delivery in the manner provided in subdivision two
 of this section and containing the  registration  poll  records  of  all
 persons entitled to vote at such election in such town, city or village,
 or  computer  generated  registration  lists containing the names of all
 persons entitled to vote at such election in such town, city or village;
 challenge reports prepared  as  directed  by  this  chapter;  sufficient
 applications for registration by mail; sufficient ledger seals and other
 supplies  and  equipment  required by this article to be provided by the
 board of elections for each polling place in such town, city or village.
 The town, city or village clerk shall call at the office of  such  board
 of  elections at such time and receive such ballots, supplies and equip-
 ment. In the cities of New York, Buffalo  and  Rochester  the  board  of
 elections  shall cause such ballots, supplies and equipment to be deliv-
 ered to the board of inspectors of each election district  approximately
 one-half hour before the opening of the polls for voting, and shall take
 receipts therefor.
   2.  The  board of elections shall provide for each election district a
 ledger or ledgers containing the registration poll records or  [printed]
 lists with computer generated facsimile signatures, of all persons enti-
 tled  to  vote  in such election district at such election. Such ledgers
 shall be labelled, sealed, locked and  transported  in  locked  carrying
 cases.  After leaving the board of elections no such carrying case shall
 be unlocked except at the time and in the manner provided in this  chap-
 ter.
   3.  [Any  envelope  containing  absentee  voters' ballots on which the
 blanks have not been properly filled in shall be stamped to indicate the
 defect and shall be preserved by the board for at least one  year  after
 the receipt thereof.
   4.] Each kind of official ballot shall be arranged in a package in the
 consecutive  order of the numbers printed on the stubs thereof beginning
 with number one. All official  and  sample  ballots  for  each  election
 district  shall  be  in  separate sealed packages, clearly marked on the
 outside thereof, with the number and kind of ballots  contained  therein
 and  indorsed  with  the  designation of the election district for which
 they were prepared.  The  other  supplies  provided  for  each  election
 district also shall be [inclosed] ENCLOSED in a sealed package, or pack-
 ages,  with  a label on the outside thereof showing the contents of each
 package.
   [5. Each town, city and village clerk receiving  such  packages  shall
 cause  all] 4. ALL such packages so received and marked for any election
 district [to] SHALL be delivered unopened and  with  the  seals  thereof
 unbroken  to  the  inspectors  of election of such election districts at
 least [one-half] ONE hour before  the  opening  of  the  polls  of  such
 election  therein, [and] WHO shall [take] GIVE a receipt therefor speci-
 fying the number and kind of packages delivered. [At the same time  each
 such  clerk shall cause to be delivered to such inspectors the equipment
 described in subdivision two of this section and shall cause  a  receipt
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   6.]  5. Town, city and village clerks required to provide official and
 sample ballots, registration records, seals, supplies and equipment,  as
 described  in  this  section,  for  town, city and village elections not
 conducted by the board of elections, shall in like manner, deliver  them
 to  the inspectors or presiding officers of the election at each polling
 place at which such meetings and elections are  held,  respectively,  in
 like  sealed  packages  marked  on the outside in like manner, and shall
 take receipts therefor in like manner.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 5-302 of the election law, as separately
 amended by chapters 164 and 558 of the laws of 1985, is amended to  read
 as follows:
   1.  Before  placing the registration poll record in the poll ledger OR
 IN THE COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST, the board  shall  enter  in
 the  space  provided  therefor  [on  the  back of such registration poll
 record] the name of the party designated by the voter on his application
 form, provided such party continues to be a party  as  defined  in  this
 law.    If such party ceases to be a party at any time, either before or
 after such enrollment is so entered, the enrollment of such voter  shall
 be  deemed  to  be  blank  and shall be entered as such until such voter
 files an application for change of enrollment pursuant to the provisions
 of this chapter.  [In the city of New York the board shall also affix  a
 gummed  sticker  of  a different color for each party in a place on such
 registration poll record immediately adjacent to such entry.] The  board
 shall  enter  the  date  of such entry and affix initials thereto in the
 space provided.
   § 6. Paragraph c of subdivision 3 of section  5-506  of  the  election
 law,  as  amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read
 as follows:
   c. The computer generated registration list prepared for each election
 in each election district shall be [printed by a printer] PREPARED IN  A
 MANNER  which  meets  or  exceeds  standards  for  clarity  and speed of
 [reproduction] PRODUCTION established by the state board  of  elections,
 shall  be  in  a form approved by such board, shall include the names of
 all voters eligible to vote in such election and shall be  in  alphabet-
 ical  order, except that, at a primary election, the names of the voters
 enrolled in each political party may be placed in a separate part of the
 list or in a separate list, as the board of elections in its discretion,
 may determine.  Such list shall contain, adjacent to each voter's  name,
 OR  IN  A  SPACE  SO DESIGNATED, at least the following: street address,
 date of birth,  party  enrollment,  year  of  registration,  a  computer
 reproduced  facsimile of the voter's signature or an indication that the
 voter is unable to sign his name, a place for the voter to sign his name
 at such election and a place for  the  inspectors  to  mark  the  voting
 machine number, the public counter number [and] IF ANY, OR the number of
 any paper ballots given the voter.
   § 7. Subdivision 2 of section 8-202 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 164 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The  exterior  of  any  ballot  scanner, ballot marking device and
 privacy booth and every part of the polling place shall be in plain view
 of the election inspectors and watchers.  The  ballot  scanners,  ballot
 marking  devices,  and privacy booths shall be placed at least four feet
 from the table used by the inspectors in  charge  of  the  poll  [books]
 LEDGER  OR COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST. The guard-rail shall be
 at least three feet from the machine and the table used by  the  inspec-
 tors.  The  election  inspectors  shall  not themselves be, or allow any
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 permit  one  to see or ascertain how a voter votes, or how he or she has
 voted nor shall they permit any other person to be less than three  feet
 from  the  ballot scanner, ballot marking device, or privacy booth while
 occupied.  The  election inspectors or clerks attending the ballot scan-
 ner, ballot marking device, or privacy booth shall regularly inspect the
 face of the ballot scanner, ballot marking device, or  the  interior  of
 the privacy booth to see that the ballot scanner, ballot marking device,
 or privacy booth has not been damaged or tampered with. During elections
 the  door  or  other  covering of the counter compartment of the machine
 shall not be unlocked or opened except by  a  member  of  the  board  of
 elections,  a  voting  machine  custodian  or  any other person upon the
 specific instructions of the board of elections.
   § 8. Subdivisions 2, 2-a, 3, 4 and 5 of section 8-302 of the  election
 law, subdivision 2-a as added by chapter 179 of the laws of 2005, subdi-
 visions 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, the open-
 ing  paragraph  of  paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter
 125 of the laws of 2011 and subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (e) of subdi-
 vision 3 as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 2010, are  amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  The  voter shall give [his] THE VOTER'S name and [his] THE VOTER'S
 residence address to the inspectors. An inspector shall then loudly  and
 distinctly announce the name and residence of the voter.
   2-a. (a) If a voter's name appears in the LEDGER OR computer generated
 registration  list  with a notation indicating that the voter's identity
 was not yet verified as required by the federal Help America  Vote  Act,
 the  inspector shall require that the voter produce one of the following
 types of identification before permitting the voter to cast his  or  her
 vote on the voting machine:
   (i)  a  driver's  license  or  department of motor vehicles non-driver
 photo ID card or other current and valid photo identification;
   (ii) a copy of a current  utility  bill,  bank  statement,  government
 check,  paycheck  or  other  government document that shows the name and
 address of the voter.
   (b) If the voter produces an identification document listed  in  para-
 graph  (a)  of  this subdivision, the inspector shall indicate so in the
 LEDGER OR computer generated registration list, the voter will be deemed
 verified as required by the federal Help America Vote Act and the  voter
 shall be permitted to cast his or her vote on the voting machine.
   (c) If the voter does not produce an identification document listed in
 paragraph  (a)  of this subdivision, the voter shall only be entitled to
 vote by affidavit ballot unless a court order provides otherwise.
   3. (a) If an applicant is challenged, the board, without delay,  shall
 either  enter  his  name  in  the second section of the challenge report
 together with the other entries required to  be  made  in  such  section
 opposite the applicant's name or make an entry next to [his] THE VOTER'S
 name  [on]  IN  the computer generated registration list or in the place
 provided [at the end of] IN the computer generated registration list.
   (b) A person who claims to have moved to  a  new  address  within  the
 election  district  in  which  he  OR SHE is registered to vote shall be
 permitted to vote in the same manner as other voters  unless  challenged
 on other grounds. The inspectors shall enter the names and new addresses
 of  all such persons in either the first section of the challenge report
 or in the place provided [at the  end  of]  IN  the  computer  generated
 registration  list  and  shall  also  enter the new address next to such
 person's address on such computer generated registration list. When  the
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 within  the  same  election  district  are  returned  to  the  board  of
 elections,  such  board  shall  change the addresses on the face of such
 registration  poll  records  without  completely  obliterating  the  old
 addresses  and  shall enter such new addresses and the new addresses for
 any such persons whose names were [on] IN computer  generated  registra-
 tion lists into its computer records for such persons.
   (c)  A  person who claims a changed name shall be permitted to vote in
 the same manner as other voters unless challenged on other grounds.  The
 inspectors shall either enter the names of all such persons in the first
 section of the challenge report or in the place provided [at the end of]
 IN  the  computer generated registration list, in the form in which they
 are registered, followed in parentheses by the name as changed or  enter
 the  name as changed next to such voter's name on the computer generated
 registration list. The voter shall sign first on the  registration  poll
 record  or  [on]  IN  the computer generated registration list, the name
 under which the voter is registered and, immediately above it,  the  new
 name,  provided  that  [on]  IN such [a computer generated] registration
 list, the new name may be signed in the place provided [at  the  end  of
 such list].  When the registration poll record of a person who has voted
 under a new name is returned to the board of elections, such board shall
 change  [his] THE VOTER'S name on the face of each [of his] registration
 [records] RECORD without completely obliterating the old one, and there-
 after such person shall vote only under his OR HER new name. If a  voter
 has  signed  a  new name [on] IN a computer generated registration list,
 such board shall enter such voter's new name and new signature  in  such
 voter's computer record.
   (d) If an applicant requests assistance in voting and qualifies there-
 for, the board shall provide assistance as directed by this chapter, and
 shall  without  delay  either  enter such applicant's name and the other
 entries required in the third section of the challenge report or make an
 entry next to such applicant's  name  [on]  IN  the  computer  generated
 registration  list  or in the place provided [at the end of the computer
 generated] IN SUCH registration list.
   (e) Whenever a voter presents himself or herself and offers to cast  a
 ballot,  and  he or she claims to live in the election district in which
 he or she seeks to vote but no registration poll record can be found for
 him or her in the poll ledger or his or her name does not appear [on] IN
 the computer generated registration list or his or  her  signature  does
 not  appear  next  to  his or her name [on] IN such [computer generated]
 registration list or his or her registration poll record or the computer
 generated registration list does not show him or her to be  enrolled  in
 the  party  in  which  he  or she claims to be enrolled, a poll clerk or
 election  inspector  shall  consult  a  map,  street  finder  or   other
 description  of  all of the polling places and election districts within
 the political subdivision in which said election district is located and
 if necessary, contact the board of  elections  to  obtain  the  relevant
 information  and  advise  the  voter  of  the  correct polling place and
 election district for the residence address provided  by  the  voter  to
 such  poll  clerk or election inspector. Thereafter, such voter shall be
 permitted  to  vote  in  said  election  district  only  as  hereinafter
 provided:
   (i)  He  OR  SHE may present a court order requiring that he OR SHE be
 permitted to vote. At a primary election, such a court order must speci-
 fy the party in which the voter is permitted to  vote.  [He]  THE  VOTER
 shall be required to sign [his] THEIR full name on top of the first page
 of  such  order,  together  with  [his]  THE VOTER'S registration serial

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 number, if any, and  [his]  THE  VOTER'S  name  and  the  other  entries
 required  shall  then  be entered without delay in the fourth section of
 the challenge report or in the place provided [at the  end  of]  IN  the
 computer  generated registration list, or, if such person's name appears
 on [the  computer  generated]  SUCH  registration  list,  the  board  of
 elections may provide a place to make such entry next to his OR HER name
 on  such  list.  The voter shall then be permitted to vote in the manner
 otherwise prescribed for voters  whose  registration  poll  records  are
 found  in  the ledger or whose names are found on the computer generated
 registration list; or
   (ii) He or she may swear to and subscribe an affidavit stating that he
 or she has duly  registered  to  vote,  the  address  in  such  election
 district  from which he or she registered, that he or she remains a duly
 qualified voter in such election district, that his or her  registration
 poll  record  appears  to  be  lost or misplaced or that his or her name
 and/or his or her signature was  omitted  from  the  computer  generated
 registration  list or that he or she has moved within the county or city
 since he or she last registered, the address from which he  or  she  was
 previously  registered  and  the  address  at  which he or she currently
 resides, and at a primary election, the party in  which  he  or  she  is
 enrolled.  The  inspectors  of election shall offer such an affidavit to
 each such voter whose residence address is in  such  election  district.
 Each  such affidavit shall be in a form prescribed by the state board of
 elections, shall be printed on an envelope of the size and quality  used
 for  an  absentee  ballot  envelope, and shall contain an acknowledgment
 that the affiant understands that any false statement  made  therein  is
 perjury  punishable  according to law. Such form prescribed by the state
 board of elections shall request information required to  register  such
 voter  should  the  county board determine that such voter is not regis-
 tered and shall constitute an application to  register  to  vote.    The
 voter's  name  and  the  entries  required shall then be entered without
 delay and without further inquiry in the fourth section of the challenge
 report or in the place provided [at the end of] IN the  computer  gener-
 ated  registration  list,  with the notation that the voter has executed
 the affidavit hereinabove prescribed, or, if such person's name  appears
 [on  the  computer  generated]  IN  SUCH registration list, the board of
 elections may provide a place to make such entry next to his or her name
 [on] IN such list.  The voter shall then, without  further  inquiry,  be
 permitted to vote an affidavit ballot provided for by this chapter. Such
 ballot  shall  thereupon be placed in the envelope containing his or her
 affidavit, and  the  envelope  sealed  and  returned  to  the  board  of
 elections  in the manner provided by this chapter for protested official
 ballots, including a statement of the number of such ballots.
   4. At a primary election, a voter whose registration poll record is in
 the ledger OR COMPUTER GENERATED REGISTRATION LIST shall be permitted to
 vote only in the primary of the party in which such record  shows  [him]
 THE  VOTER  to  be  enrolled unless [he] THE VOTER shall present a court
 order pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of
 subdivision three of this section  requiring  that  [he]  THE  VOTER  be
 permitted  to  vote  in the primary of another party, or unless [he] THE
 VOTER shall present a certificate of enrollment issued by the  board  of
 elections,  not  earlier  than  one  month before such primary election,
 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter which certifies that [he] THE
 VOTER is enrolled in a party other than the one  in  which  such  record
 shows  [him]  THE  VOTER  to  be  enrolled,  or  unless  he OR SHE shall

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 subscribe an affidavit pursuant to the provisions of  subparagraph  (ii)
 of paragraph (e) of subdivision three of this section.
   5.  Except  for  voters unable to sign their names, no person shall be
 permitted to vote  without  first  identifying  himself  OR  HERSELF  as
 required by this chapter.
   §  9.  Subdivisions  1,  2 and 3 of section 8-304 of the election law,
 subdivisions 1 and 2 as amended by chapter 425 of the laws of 1986,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  A person before being allowed to vote shall be required, except as
 provided in this chapter, to sign his OR HER name on the back of his  OR
 HER  registration  poll record on the first line reserved for his OR HER
 signature at the time of election which is not filled  with  a  previous
 signature,  or  [on  the  line of] IN THE SPACE PROVIDED IN the computer
 generated registration list reserved for [his]  THE  VOTER'S  signature.
 The two inspectors in charge shall satisfy themselves by a comparison of
 this  signature  with  [his]  THE  VOTER'S registration signature and by
 comparison of [his] THE VOTER'S appearance with the descriptive material
 on the face of the registration poll record that [he] THE VOTER  is  the
 person  registered.  If they are so satisfied they shall enter the other
 information required for the election on the same line with the  voter's
 latest  signature,  shall  sign  their  names  or initials in the spaces
 provided therefor, and shall permit the applicant to vote. Any inspector
 or inspectors not satisfied shall challenge the applicant forthwith.
   2. If a person who alleges [his] AN inability to sign his OR HER  name
 presents  himself  OR  HERSELF  to  vote,  the board of inspectors shall
 permit [him] SUCH PERSON to vote, unless challenged  on  other  grounds,
 provided  [he]  THE VOTER had been permitted to register without signing
 [his] THE VOTER'S name. The board shall enter the words "Unable to Sign"
 in the space on [his] THE VOTER'S registration poll record reserved  for
 [his]  THE  VOTER'S  signature or on the line [of] OR SPACE the computer
 generated registration list reserved for [his] THE VOTER'S signature  at
 such  election.  If  [his]  THE VOTER'S signature appears upon [his] THE
 VOTER'S registration record or [upon] IN the computer  generated  regis-
 tration list the board shall challenge [him] THE VOTER forthwith, except
 that if such a person claims that he OR SHE is unable to sign his OR HER
 name by reason of a physical disability incurred since [his] THE VOTER'S
 registration, the board, if convinced of the existence of such disabili-
 ty,  shall  permit  him OR HER to vote, shall enter the words "Unable to
 Sign" and a brief description of such disability in the  space  reserved
 for  [his]  THE  VOTER'S  signature at such election. At each subsequent
 election, if such disability still exists, [he] THE VOTER shall be enti-
 tled to vote without signing [his] THEIR name and the board  of  inspec-
 tors,  without  further notation, shall enter the words "Unable to Sign"
 in the space reserved for [his] THE VOTER'S signature at such election.
   3. The voter's FACSIMILE signature [made by him upon registration  and
 his  signature  made  at  subsequent  elections]  shall  be  effectively
 concealed from the voter by a blotter or [piece of opaque  paper]  OTHER
 MEANS until after the voter shall have completed [his] THE signature.
   §  10.  Subdivision 3 of section 8-306 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 154 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
   3. Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason  of  blindness,
 disability  or  inability  to read or write may be given assistance by a
 person of the voter's choice, other than the voter's employer  or  agent
 of  the employer or officer or agent of the voter's union. A voter enti-
 tled to assistance in voting who does not select a particular person may
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 The  inspectors  or  person  assisting  a  voter  shall enter the voting
 machine or booth with [him] THE VOTER, help [him] THE VOTER in the prep-
 aration of [his] THE VOTER'S ballot and, if necessary, in the return  of
 the  voted  ballot  to the inspectors for deposit in the ballot box. The
 inspectors shall enter in the [remarks space on  the  registration  poll
 card  of  an  assisted voter, or next to the name of] SPACE PROVIDED FOR
 such voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, the name of
 each officer or person rendering such assistance.
   § 11. Subdivision 2 of section 8-508 of the election law,  as  amended
 by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  (a)  The  first  section  of such report shall be reserved for the
 inspectors of election to enter the name, address and registration seri-
 al number of each person who claims a change in name,  or  a  change  of
 address  within  the  election  district,  together with the new name or
 address of each such person. In lieu of preparing  section  one  of  the
 challenge  list, the board of elections may provide, next to the name of
 each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, a place for
 the inspectors of election to record  the  information  required  to  be
 entered  in  such  section  one, or provide [at the end of such computer
 generated] ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the  inspec-
 tors of election to enter such information.
   (b)  The second section of such report shall be reserved for the board
 of inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial  number
 of  each  person who is challenged on the day of election, together with
 the reason for the challenge.  If no voters are challenged, the board of
 inspectors shall enter  the  words  "No  Challenges"  across  the  space
 reserved  for  such names. In lieu of preparing section two of the chal-
 lenge report, the board of elections may provide, next to  the  name  of
 each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, a place for
 the  inspectors  of  election  to  record the information required to be
 entered in such section two, or provide [at the  end  of  such  computer
 generated]  ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the inspec-
 tors of election to enter such information.
   (c) The third section of such report shall be reserved for  the  board
 of  inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial number
 of each voter given assistance, together with the reason the  voter  was
 allowed  assistance,  the  name of the person giving such assistance and
 his address if not an inspector.  If no voters are given assistance, the
 board of inspectors shall enter the words  "No  Assistance"  across  the
 space reserved for such names. In lieu of providing section three of the
 challenge  report,  the board of elections may provide, next to the name
 of each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, a  place
 for  the inspectors of election to record the information required to be
 entered in such section three, or provide [at the end of  such  computer
 generated]  ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the inspec-
 tors of election to enter such information.
   (d) The fourth section of such report shall be reserved for the  board
 of  inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial number
 of each person who was permitted to vote pursuant to a court  order,  or
 to  vote  on a paper ballot which was inserted in an affidavit envelope.
 If there are no such names, such  board  shall  enter  the  word  "None"
 across  the  space provided for such names. In lieu of providing section
 four of such report, the board of elections may  provide,  next  to  the
 name  of  each voter [on] IN the computer generated registration list, a
 place for the inspectors of election to record the information  required
 to  be  entered  in  such  section  four,  or provide [at the end of the

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 computer generated] ELSEWHERE IN SUCH registration list, a place for the
 inspectors of election to enter such information.
   (e) At the foot of such report [and] OR at the end of any such comput-
 er  generated  registration  list,  IF  APPLICABLE, shall be [printed] a
 certificate that such report OR LIST contains the names of  all  persons
 who  were  challenged  on  the  day  of election, and that each voter so
 reported as having been challenged took the oaths as required, that such
 report OR LIST contains the names of all voters to whom such board  gave
 or  allowed  assistance  and  lists  the  nature of the disability which
 required such assistance to be given and the names and family  relation-
 ship,  if  any,  to the voter of the persons by whom such assistance was
 rendered; that each such assisted voter informed such board  under  oath
 that  he  required  such  assistance and that each person rendering such
 assistance took the required oath; that such report OR LIST contains the
 names of all voters who were permitted to vote although their  registra-
 tion  poll records were missing; that the entries made by such board are
 a true and accurate record  of  its  proceedings  with  respect  to  the
 persons named in such report OR LIST.
   (f)  Upon  the  return  of  such report [and] OR lists to the board of
 elections, it shall complete the investigation of voting  qualifications
 of  all  persons named in the second section thereof or for whom entries
 were placed [on] IN such computer generated registration lists  in  lieu
 of  the  preparation  of the second section of the challenge report, and
 shall forthwith proceed to cancel the registration of any person who, as
 noted upon such report, OR IN SUCH LIST, was challenged at such election
 and refused either to take a challenge oath or to answer  any  challenge
 question.
   (g)  The  state board of elections shall prescribe a form of challenge
 report for use pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such form may
 require the insertion of such other information as the state board shall
 deem appropriate.
   § 12. Section 8-510 of  the  election  law,  the  section  heading  as
 amended  by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, subdivision 1 as amended by
 chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, and subdivision 3 as amended by chapter
 43 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows:
   § 8-510. Challenge report; completion of and [closing of  registration
 poll  ledgers]  PROCEDURE  AFTER.  1. Immediately after the close of the
 polls the board of inspectors of election shall verify the entries which
 it has made on the challenge report or [at the end of the] IN THE SPACES
 PROVIDED IN THE computer generated registration list by  comparing  such
 entries  with the information appearing on the registration poll records
 of the affected voters or the information appearing [next to  the  names
 of  such  voters  on]  IN  THE SPACES PROVIDED IN the computer generated
 registration list. If it has made no entries in section  two,  three  or
 four  of  such  report it shall write across OR NOTE IN such section the
 words "No challenges", "No assistance" or "None", as the case may be, as
 directed in this chapter.
   2. After completing such report the  inspectors  shall  sign  [the]  A
 certificate  [at  the end of] IN THE SPACES PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS FOR such report.
   3. The inspectors shall place such completed report,  and  each  court
 order,  if any, directing that a person be permitted to vote, [inside a]
 IN THE SECURE CONTAINER PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  FOR
 SUCH  ledger  of registration records or computer generated registration
 lists [between the front cover, and the first registration  record]  and
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 er  generated  registration  lists, [affix their signature to the seal,]
 lock such ledger in the carrying case furnished  for  that  purpose  and
 enclose  the  keys in a sealed package or seal such list in the envelope
 provided for that purpose.
   §  13.  Clauses  (C)  and  (D) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 2 of section 9-209 of the election law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 308 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   (C)  If  such  person  is  found to be registered and has not voted in
 person, an inspector shall compare the signature, if any, on each envel-
 ope with the signature, if any, on the  registration  poll  record,  the
 computer  generated  list  of  registered  voters or the list of special
 presidential voters, of the person of the same name who registered  from
 the  same  address.  If  the  signatures  are  found to correspond, such
 inspector shall certify thereto by [signing] PLACING his or her initials
 in the ["Inspector's Initials"  line  on  the]  SPACE  PROVIDED  IN  THE
 computer generated list of registered voters [or in the "remarks" column
 as appropriate].
   (D)  If  such  person  is  found to be registered and has not voted in
 person, and if no challenge is made, or  if  a  challenge  made  is  not
 sustained, the envelope shall be opened, the ballot or ballots withdrawn
 without  unfolding,  and  the  ballot or ballots deposited in the proper
 ballot box or boxes, or envelopes, provided however that, in the case of
 a primary election, the ballot shall be deposited in the box only if the
 ballot is of the party with which the voter is enrolled according to the
 entry on the back of his or her registration poll record or [next to his
 or her name on] IN the computer generated registration list; if not, the
 ballot shall be rejected without inspection or unfolding  and  shall  be
 returned  to the envelope which shall be endorsed "not enrolled." At the
 time of the deposit of such ballot or ballots in the box  or  envelopes,
 the  inspectors shall enter the words "absentee vote" or "military vote"
 in the space reserved for the voter's signature on the aforesaid list or
 in the "remarks" [column] SPACE as appropriate, and shall enter the year
 and month of the election on the same line in the spaces provided there-
 for.
   § 14. Subdivision 4 of section 11-206 of the election law, as  amended
 by chapter 91 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The  registration  poll records of special federal voters shall be
 filed, in alphabetical order, by election district.  At each election at
 which [the ballots of] special federal  voters  are  [delivered  to  the
 inspectors  of election in each election district] ELIGIBLE TO VOTE, the
 registration poll records of all special  federal  voters  [eligible  to
 vote at such election] shall be delivered to such inspectors of election
 together  with  the other registration poll records or the names of such
 voters shall be included [on] IN  the  computer  generated  registration
 list.  Such  records shall be delivered either in a separate poll ledger
 or a separate, clearly marked section, of the main poll ledger or [in  a
 separate,]  BE  clearly  marked[,  section of] IN the computer generated
 registration list as the board of elections shall determine.
   § 15. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART O
 
   Section 1. Section 1-c of the legislative law is amended by  adding  a
 new paragraph (x) to read as follows:

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   (X)  THE  TERM  "FUNDRAISING  ACTIVITIES"  SHALL  MEAN SOLICITATION OR
 COLLECTION BY A LOBBYIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION
 FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT  GOVER-
 NOR,  COMPTROLLER,  ATTORNEY GENERAL, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, ELECTED
 OFFICE  IN  A  MUNICIPALITY,  OR FOR A POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR USE IN AN
 ELECTION CAMPAIGN OF ANY SUCH CANDIDATE.
   § 2. Sections 1-u and 1-v of  the  legislative  law,  section  1-v  as
 renumbered by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are renumbered sections 1-y
 and 1-z and a new section 1-u is added to read as follows:
   §  1-U. FUNDRAISING REPORTS. (A) (I) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 TERMS "CONTRIBUTION", "POLITICAL COMMITTEE", AND "CANDIDATE" SHALL  HAVE
 THE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN SECTION 14-100 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
   (II)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "LOBBYIST" SHALL MEAN A
 LOBBYIST AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE-C OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (B) ANY LOBBYIST REQUIRED TO FILE A STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION PURSUANT
 TO SECTION ONE-E OF THIS ARTICLE WHO IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR TO  WHICH  THE
 STATEMENT  OF  REGISTRATION RELATES, OR IN THE SIX MONTHS PRECEDING SUCH
 CALENDAR YEAR, ENGAGES IN FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, SHALL FILE,  WITH  THE
 JOINT  COMMISSION  ON  PUBLIC  ETHICS,  ON FORMS PRESCRIBED BY THE JOINT
 COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS, A FUNDRAISING REPORT. SUCH REPORT SHALL  BE
 FILED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  SCHEDULE  APPLICABLE  TO THE FILING OF
 BI-MONTHLY REPORTS UNDER SECTION ONE-H OF THIS  ARTICLE,  PROVIDED  THAT
 THE  FIRST  FUNDRAISING  REPORT FILED IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR SHALL INCLUDE
 INFORMATION ON FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES THAT OCCURRED IN ANY PERIOD BEGIN-
 NING SIX MONTHS PRECEDING THE CALENDAR YEAR TO WHICH  THE  STATEMENT  OF
 REGISTRATION  RELATES  THROUGH THE END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD FOR WHICH
 THE REPORT IS FILED,  TO  THE  EXTENT  SUCH  INFORMATION  HAS  NOT  BEEN
 REPORTED  IN  A  PREVIOUSLY  FILED  FUNDRAISING  REPORT. EACH SUBSEQUENT
 FUNDRAISING REPORT FILED IN OR WITH RESPECT  TO  THE  CALENDAR  YEAR  TO
 WHICH THE STATEMENT OF REGISTRATION RELATES SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON
 ALL  FUNDRAISING  ACTIVITIES  THAT  OCCURRED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD FOR
 WHICH THE CURRENT REPORT IS FILED.
   (C) SUCH FUNDRAISING REPORT SHALL CONTAIN: (I) THE NAME,  ADDRESS  AND
 TELEPHONE  NUMBER  OF  THE  LOBBYIST AND THE INDIVIDUALS UTILIZED BY THE
 LOBBYIST ENGAGED IN SUCH FUNDRAISING; (II) THE NAME, ADDRESS  AND  TELE-
 PHONE  NUMBER  OF  THE CANDIDATE, PUBLIC SERVANT, OR ELECTED OFFICIAL TO
 WHOM OR ON WHOSE BEHALF  THE  LOBBYIST  PROVIDED  FUNDRAISING  SERVICES;
 (III) (1) THE COMPENSATION, IF ANY, PAID OR OWED TO THE LOBBYIST AND ANY
 EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE LOBBYIST FOR SUCH FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES; (2) A
 LIST  OF  ALL  PERSONS OR ENTITIES WITH WHOM THE LOBBYIST CONTRACTED FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDRAISING SERVICES;  (IV)  THE  TOTAL  DOLLAR
 AMOUNT  RAISED FOR EACH CANDIDATE OR COMMITTEE FOR WHICH SUCH ACTIVITIES
 WERE PERFORMED, INCLUDING CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE LOBBYIST.
   (D) ALL SUCH FUNDRAISING REPORTS SHALL BE SUBJECT  TO  REVIEW  BY  THE
 JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS.
   (E)  WHENEVER THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE INFORMATION FILED BY A LOBBYIST
 IN A REPORT FILED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AN AMENDED REPORT  SHALL  BE
 SUBMITTED  TO  THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS ON FORMS PRESCRIBED
 BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS, WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE  CHANGE
 IN THE INFORMATION OCCURRING.
   (F)  SUCH  FUNDRAISING REPORTS SHALL BE KEPT IN ELECTRONIC FORM BY THE
 JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS AND  SHALL  BE  AVAILABLE  FOR  PUBLIC
 INSPECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE-S OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
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   Section  1.  Section 1-c of the legislative law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision (x) to read as follows:
   (X)  THE  TERM  "POLITICAL  CONSULTING"  SHALL  MEAN  AND  INCLUDE THE
 PROVISION, FOR COMPENSATION, TO ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR CANDIDATE FOR  AN
 ELECTED STATE OFFICE, OF ADVICE, SERVICES OR ASSISTANCE IN SECURING SUCH
 PUBLIC  OFFICE  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT,
 FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC RELATIONS OR MEDIA  SERVICES,  BUT  SHALL
 EXCLUDE  BONA  FIDE  LEGAL  WORK DIRECTLY RELATED TO LITIGATION OR LEGAL
 ADVICE WITH REGARD TO SECURING A PLACE ON THE  BALLOT,  THE  PETITIONING
 PROCESS, THE CONDUCT OF AN ELECTION OR WHICH INVOLVES THE ELECTION LAW.
   § 2. Section 1-m of the legislative law, as added by chapter 14 of the
 laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1-m. Prohibition of gifts AND POLITICAL CONSULTING.  (A) No individ-
 ual  or  entity  required  to  be  listed on a statement of registration
 pursuant to this article shall offer or give a gift to any public  offi-
 cial  as  defined within this article, unless under the circumstances it
 is not reasonable to infer that the gift was intended to influence  such
 public  official.  No  individual  or  entity required to be listed on a
 statement of registration pursuant to this article shall offer or give a
 gift to the spouse or unemancipated child  of  any  public  official  as
 defined  within  this article under circumstances where it is reasonable
 to infer that the gift was intended to influence such  public  official.
 No  spouse or unemancipated child of an individual required to be listed
 on a statement of registration pursuant to this article shall  offer  or
 give a gift to a public official under circumstances where it is reason-
 able  to infer that the gift was intended to influence such public offi-
 cial. This section shall not apply to  gifts  to  officers,  members  or
 directors of boards, commissions, councils, public authorities or public
 benefit corporations who receive no compensation or are compensated on a
 per  diem  basis, unless the person listed on the statement of registra-
 tion appears or has matters pending  before  the  board,  commission  or
 council on which the recipient sits.
   (B)  NO  PERSON  THAT IS ENGAGED IN LOBBYING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL SHALL
 ENGAGE IN POLITICAL CONSULTING FOR THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL.
   (C) NO PERSON THAT IS ENGAGED IN POLITICAL CONSULTING FOR ANY  ELECTED
 OFFICIAL  OR  CANDIDATE  FOR  AN ELECTED OFFICE SHALL ENGAGE IN LOBBYING
 THAT ELECTED OFFICIAL.
   § 3. Subdivision (h) of section 1-c of the legislative law,  as  added
 by chapter 2 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   (h) The term "compensation" shall mean any salary, fee, gift, payment,
 benefit,  loan, advance or any other thing of value paid, owed, given or
 promised to the lobbyist OR  POLITICAL  CONSULTANT  by  the  client  for
 lobbying  OR  POLITICAL  CONSULTING  but shall not include contributions
 reportable pursuant to article fourteen of the election law.
   § 4. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding  two  new
 subdivisions 18 and 19 to read as follows:
   18.  "POLITICAL  CONSULTING"  MEANS  AND  INCLUDES  THE  PROVISION FOR
 COMPENSATION, TO ANY POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR  CANDIDATE  FOR  AN  ELECTED
 OFFICE  OF  ADVICE,  SERVICES  OR  ASSISTANCE  IN SECURING PUBLIC OFFICE
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT,  FUNDRAISING  ACTIV-
 ITIES,  PUBLIC RELATIONS OR MEDIA SERVICES, BUT SHALL EXCLUDE LEGAL WORK
 DIRECTLY RELATED TO LITIGATION OR LEGAL ADVICE WITH REGARD TO SECURING A
 PLACE ON THE BALLOT, THE PETITIONING PROCESS, THE CONDUCT OF AN ELECTION
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   19. "COMPENSATION" MEANS ANY  SALARY,  FEE,  GIFT,  PAYMENT,  BENEFIT,
 LOAN, ADVANCE OR ANY OTHER THING OF VALUE PAID, OWED, GIVEN OR PROMISED,
 BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE CONTRIBUTIONS REPORTABLE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
   §  5.  Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the
 laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   1. The treasurer of every political committee which, or  any  officer,
 member  or  agent  of  any  such  committee  who, in connection with any
 election, receives or expends any  money  or  other  valuable  thing  or
 incurs  any  liability  to pay money or its equivalent shall file state-
 ments sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that  false  state-
 ments  made  therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to
 section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
 setting forth all the receipts, contributions to and the expenditures by
 and liabilities of the committee,  and  of  its  officers,  members  and
 agents in its behalf. Such statements shall include the dollar amount of
 any  receipt,  contribution or transfer, or the fair market value of any
 receipt, contribution or transfer, which is other  than  of  money,  the
 name  and  address  of  the  transferor, contributor or person from whom
 received, and if the transferor, contributor or person  is  a  political
 committee; the name of and the political unit represented by the commit-
 tee,  the  date  of its receipt, the dollar amount of every expenditure,
 the name and address of the person to whom it was made or  the  name  of
 and the political unit represented by the committee to which it was made
 and  the  date  thereof,  and  shall  state  clearly the purpose of such
 expenditure.  FURTHERMORE, SUCH STATEMENTS SHALL INCLUDE A LIST  OF  ALL
 PERSONS  WHICH  PROVIDED  POLITICAL  CONSULTING  SERVICES,  AND THE FAIR
 MARKET VALUE OF AND THE ACTUAL AMOUNT PAID TO EACH SUCH PERSON  FOR  THE
 PROVISION  OF  POLITICAL  CONSULTING SERVICES. Any statement reporting a
 loan shall have attached to it a copy of the evidence  of  indebtedness.
 Expenditures  in  sums  under  fifty  dollars  need  not be specifically
 accounted for by separate items in said  statements,  and  receipts  and
 contributions  aggregating  not  more than ninety-nine dollars, from any
 one contributor need not be specifically accounted for by separate items
 in said statements, provided however, that such  expenditures,  receipts
 and  contributions  shall  be subject to the other provisions of section
 14-118 of this article.
   § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 14-104 of the election law,  as  amended
 by section 1 of part C of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1.  Any candidate for election to public office, or for nomination for
 public office at a contested primary  election  or  convention,  or  for
 election  to  a  party position at a primary election, shall file state-
 ments sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that  false  state-
 ments  made  therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to
 section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
 setting forth the particulars specified by section 14-102 of this  arti-
 cle, as to all moneys or other valuable things, paid, given, expended or
 promised  by him or her to aid his or her own nomination or election, or
 to promote the success or defeat of a political  party,  or  to  aid  or
 influence  the  nomination or election or the defeat of any other candi-
 date to be voted for at the election or primary election or at a conven-
 tion, including contributions to political committees, officers, members
 or agents thereof, and transfers, receipts and contributions to  him  or
 her to be used for any of the purposes above specified, or in lieu ther-
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 filing period, on a form prescribed by the state board of elections that
 such candidate has made no such expenditures and does not intend to make
 any such expenditures, except through a political  committee  authorized
 by  such  candidate  pursuant to this article.  FURTHERMORE, SUCH STATE-
 MENTS SHALL INCLUDE A LIST  OF  ALL  PERSONS  WHICH  PROVIDED  POLITICAL
 CONSULTING  SERVICES, AND THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF AND THE ACTUAL AMOUNT
 PAID TO EACH SUCH PERSON  FOR  THE  PROVISION  OF  POLITICAL  CONSULTING
 SERVICES. Such candidate may designate a committee of no less than three
 persons  who  shall be authorized to appoint and remove the treasurer of
 any authorized committee of the candidate. The designation or revocation
 of the committee shall be evidenced in a writing filed  with  the  state
 board  of  elections  by  the  candidate  authorizing the committee. The
 candidate may revoke such designation at any time. A  committee  author-
 ized  by  such a candidate may fulfill all of the filing requirements of
 this act on behalf of such candidate.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART Q
 
   Section  1.  Section 172-e of the executive law, as added by section 1
 of part F of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  172-e.  Disclosure  of  certain  donations by charitable non-profit
 entities. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
   (a) "Covered entity" shall mean any  corporation  or  entity  that  is
 qualified  as  an  exempt  organization  or  entity by the United States
 Department of the Treasury under I.R.C. 501(c)(3) that  is  required  to
 report  to  the  [department  of  law] JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS
 pursuant to this section.
   (b) "In-kind donation" shall  mean  [donations]  ANY  CONTRIBUTION  OR
 DONATION  of  staff,  staff  time,  personnel, offices, office supplies,
 [financial] OR OTHER NON-MONETARY support of  any  kind  [or  any  other
 resources].
   (c) ["Donation"] "MONETARY DONATION" shall mean any FINANCIAL contrib-
 ution,  including  a MONETARY gift, loan, [in-kind donation,] OR advance
 [or deposit of money or anything of value].
   (d) "Recipient entity" shall mean any corporation or  entity  that  is
 qualified  as  an  exempt  organization  or  entity by the United States
 Department of the Treasury under I.R.C. 501(c)(4) that  is  required  to
 file  a  source  of  funding  report with the joint commission on public
 ethics pursuant to sections one-h and one-j of the legislative law.
   (e) "Reporting period" shall mean the six month period within a calen-
 dar year starting January first and ending June  thirtieth  or  the  six
 month  period  within  a  calendar  year  starting July first and ending
 December thirty-first.
   2. Funding disclosure reports to be filed by covered entities. (a) Any
 covered entity that makes A MONETARY DONATION OR an in-kind donation  in
 excess of two thousand five hundred dollars to a recipient entity during
 a  [relevant]  reporting  period  shall file a funding disclosure report
 with the [department of law] JOINT COMMISSION ON  PUBLIC  ETHICS.    The
 funding disclosure report shall include:
   (i)  the name and address of the covered entity that made the MONETARY
 OR in-kind donation;
   (ii) the name and address of the recipient  entity  that  received  or
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   (iii)  the  names  of  any persons who exert operational or managerial
 control over the covered entity. The disclosures required by this  para-
 graph shall include the name of at least one natural person;
   (iv) the date the MONETARY OR in-kind donation was made by the covered
 entity;
   (v)  [any  donation  in excess of two thousand five hundred dollars to
 the covered entity during the relevant reporting  period  including  the
 identity  of the donor of any such donation] THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ANY
 INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION OR GROUP THAT MADE ANY MONETARY  OR
 IN-KIND  DONATION  IN EXCESS OF TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE
 COVERED ENTITY DURING THE RELEVANT REPORTING PERIOD; and
   (vi) the date of any such MONETARY OR IN-KIND donation  to  a  covered
 entity.
   (b) The covered entity shall file a funding disclosure report with the
 [department of law] JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS within thirty days
 of the close of a reporting period.
   (C)  THE  RECIPIENT  ENTITY  SHALL  SEND A WRITTEN NOTIFICATION TO ANY
 COVERED ENTITY WHO HAS MADE AN IN-KIND OR MONETARY DONATION IN EXCESS OF
 TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO THE RECIPIENT ENTITY DURING A RELE-
 VANT REPORTING PERIOD. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL ADVISE THAT THE RECIPIENT
 ENTITY IS REQUIRED TO FILE A SOURCE OF FUNDING  REPORT  WITH  THE  JOINT
 COMMISSION  ON PUBLIC ETHICS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS ONE-H AND ONE-J OF THE
 LEGISLATIVE LAW.
   (D) A COVERED ENTITY  THAT  MAINTAINS  ONE  OR  MORE  SEGREGATED  BANK
 ACCOUNTS  CONTAINING  FUNDS USED SOLELY FOR MONETARY DONATIONS AND MAKES
 ALL OF ITS MONETARY DONATIONS TO RECIPIENT ENTITIES FROM SUCH AN ACCOUNT
 AND MAKES NO IN-KIND DONATIONS, THEN WITH RESPECT TO DONATIONS  INCLUDED
 IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE FUNDING DISCLOSURE REPORT NEED
 ONLY INCLUDE MONETARY DONATIONS DEPOSITED INTO SUCH ACCOUNTS.
   3. Public disclosure of funding disclosure reports. The [department of
 law]  JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS shall promulgate any regulations
 necessary to implement these requirements and shall [forward the disclo-
 sure reports to the joint commission on public ethics for the purpose of
 publishing such] PUBLISH THE FUNDING DISCLOSURE reports on  the  commis-
 sion's  website, within thirty days of the close of each reporting peri-
 od; provided however that [the  attorney  general]  UP  TO  ONE  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY  DAYS  BEFORE  THE START OF A REPORTING PERIOD, OR AT ANY TIME IF
 GOOD CAUSE IS SHOWN, A COVERED ENTITY MAY MAKE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  AN
 EXEMPTION  FROM  THE  PUBLIC  DISCLOSURE  REQUIREMENTS  OUTLINED IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION. EXEMPTION DETERMINATIONS SHALL BE  MADE  BY  THE  EXECUTIVE
 DIRECTOR  OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS, or his or her desig-
 nee, WHO may determine that disclosure of donations to the covered enti-
 ty shall not be made public if, based upon  a  review  of  the  relevant
 facts  presented  by the covered entity, such disclosure may cause harm,
 threats, harassment, or reprisals to the source of the  donation  or  to
 individuals  or  property  affiliated  with  the source of the donation.
 WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE DONATIONS AND DONORS, THE EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR  OF
 THE  JOINT  COMMISSION  ON  PUBLIC ETHICS, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, SHALL
 DETERMINE THAT DISCLOSURE OF DONATIONS TO THE COVERED ENTITY  SHALL  NOT
 BE  MADE  PUBLIC IF, BASED UPON A REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT FACTS PRESENTED
 BY THE COVERED ENTITY, SUCH DISCLOSURE IS LIKELY TO CAUSE  FUTURE  HARM,
 THREATS,  HARASSMENT,  OR  REPRISALS  TO  FUTURE DONORS, OR IS LIKELY TO
 DISSUADE FUTURE DONORS FROM DONATING TO THE COVERED ENTITY. THE DETERMI-
 NATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  OF  THE  JOINT  COMMISSION  ON  PUBLIC
 ETHICS THAT CERTAIN DISCLOSURES SHALL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC SHALL REMAIN IN
 EFFECT  FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE REPORTING PERIODS AND MAY BE EXTENDED BY THE

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 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS, OR  HIS  OR
 HER DESIGNEE, BASED UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. The covered entity may appeal
 the  [attorney general's] determination OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
 JOINT  COMMISSION  ON  PUBLIC ETHICS and such appeal shall be heard by a
 judicial hearing officer who is independent and not affiliated  with  or
 employed  by  the [department of law] JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS,
 pursuant to regulations promulgated by the  [department  of  law]  JOINT
 COMMISSION  ON  PUBLIC ETHICS. The covered entity's sources of donations
 that are the subject of such appeal shall not  be  made  public  pending
 final judgment on appeal.
   §  2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdi-
 vision 2 and subdivision 3 of section 172-f of  the  executive  law,  as
 added  by  section  1  of part G of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (b) "Covered communication"  means  a  communication,  that  does  not
 require  a  report  pursuant  to article one-A of the legislative law or
 article fourteen of the election law,  by  a  covered  entity,  THAT  IS
 conveyed to five hundred or more members of a general public audience in
 the form of: (i) an audio or video communication via broadcast, cable or
 satellite;  (ii)  a written communication via advertisements, pamphlets,
 circulars, flyers, brochures,  letterheads;  or  (iii)  other  published
 statement  which[:]  refers  to  and advocates for or against: a clearly
 identified elected official [or the position of any elected official  or
 administrative  or  legislative  body relating to], A DECLARED CANDIDATE
 FOR ELECTED OFFICE, the outcome of any vote [or substance of any  legis-
 lation,  potential  legislation, pending legislation] OR DECISION BY ANY
 LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE OR ADMINISTRATIVE BODY, OR THE DRAFTING,  PASSAGE
 OR DEFEAT OF ANY LEGISLATION, rule, regulation, OR hearing[, or decision
 by any legislative, executive or administrative body].
   Covered  communication  shall  not  include: (i) communications with a
 professional journalist or newscaster, including an editorial  board  or
 editorial  writer  of  a newspaper, magazine, news agency, press associ-
 ation or wire service, relating to news, as these terms are  defined  in
 section  seventy-nine-h  of  the  civil  rights  law, and communications
 relating to confidential  and  non-confidential  news  as  described  in
 subdivisions  (b)  and (c) of section seventy-nine-h of the civil rights
 law respectively and communications made pursuant to community  outreach
 efforts for broadcast stations required by federal law; or
   (ii) a communication that is: (A) directed, sent or distributed by the
 covered  entity  only  to  individuals  who  affirmatively consent to be
 members of the covered entity, contribute funds to the  covered  entity,
 or,  pursuant to the covered entity's articles or bylaws, have the right
 to vote directly or indirectly for the election of  directors  or  offi-
 cers,  or  on changes to bylaws, disposition of all or substantially all
 of the covered entity's assets or  the  merger  or  dissolution  of  the
 covered  entity;  or  (B)  for  the  purpose of promoting or staging any
 candidate debate, town hall or similar  forum  to  which  at  least  two
 candidates seeking the same office, or two proponents of differing posi-
 tions  on  a  referendum or question submitted to voters, are invited as
 participants, and which does not promote or  advance  one  candidate  or
 position over another.
   (b)  The  covered entity shall file a financial disclosure report with
 the [department of law] JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS within  thirty
 days of the close of a reporting period.
   (c)  [If a] A covered entity [keeps] THAT MAINTAINS one or more segre-
 gated bank accounts containing funds used solely  for  covered  communi-

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 cations  and  makes  all  of its expenditures for covered communications
 from such accounts, then with respect to MONETARY donations included  in
 subparagraph  (iv)  of  paragraph (a) of this subdivision, the financial
 report   need  only  include  MONETARY  donations  deposited  into  such
 accounts.
   3. The [department of law] JOINT COMMISSION  ON  PUBLIC  ETHICS  shall
 make  the  financial  disclosure  reports available to the public on the
 [department of law] JOINT COMMISSION ON  PUBLIC  ETHICS  website  within
 thirty days of the close of each reporting period, provided however that
 [the attorney general] UP TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS BEFORE THE START OF
 A  REPORTING  PERIOD,  OR  AT ANY TIME IF GOOD CAUSE IS SHOWN, A COVERED
 ENTITY MAY MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE PUBLIC  DISCLO-
 SURE REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. EXEMPTION
 DETERMINATIONS  SHALL  BE  MADE  BY  THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT
 COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS, or his or her designee, WHO  may  determine
 that  disclosure  of donations shall not be made public if, based upon a
 review of the relevant facts  presented  by  the  covered  entity,  such
 disclosure  may  cause  harm,  threats,  harassment, or reprisals to the
 source of the donation or to individuals or property affiliated with the
 source of the donation.  WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE  DONATIONS  AND  DONORS,
 THE  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS, OR HIS
 OR HER DESIGNEE, SHALL DETERMINE THAT DISCLOSURE  OF  DONATIONS  TO  THE
 COVERED  ENTITY  SHALL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC IF, BASED UPON A REVIEW OF THE
 RELEVANT FACTS PRESENTED BY THE COVERED ENTITY, SUCH DISCLOSURE IS LIKE-
 LY TO CAUSE FUTURE HARM, THREATS, HARASSMENT,  OR  REPRISALS  TO  FUTURE
 DONORS,  OR  IS  LIKELY  TO  DISSUADE FUTURE DONORS FROM DONATING TO THE
 COVERED ENTITY. THE DETERMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT
 COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS THAT CERTAIN DISCLOSURES SHALL NOT  BE  MADE
 PUBLIC  SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE REPORTING PERIODS AND
 MAY BE EXTENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF  THE  JOINT  COMMISSION  ON
 PUBLIC  ETHICS, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE, BASED UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN. The
 covered entity may appeal the [attorney general's] determination OF  THE
 EXECUTIVE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS and such
 appeal shall be heard by a judicial hearing officer who  is  independent
 and  not  affiliated  with  or employed by the [department of law] JOINT
 COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS, pursuant to regulations promulgated by  the
 [department of law] JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS. The covered enti-
 ty  shall  not be required to disclose the sources of donations that are
 the subject of such appeal pending final judgment on appeal.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

                                  PART R
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision (w) of section 1-c of the legislative law, as
 added by section 8 of part A of chapter 399 of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (w)  The  term  "reportable business relationship" shall mean EITHER a
 relationship in which compensation is paid by a lobbyist or by a  client
 of a lobbyist, in exchange for any goods, services or anything of value,
 the  total  value  of  which is in excess of [one thousand] FIVE HUNDRED
 dollars annually, to be performed or  provided  by  or  intended  to  be
 performed or provided by (i) any statewide elected official, state offi-
 cer,  state employee, member of the legislature or legislative employee,
 or (ii) any entity in which the lobbyist or the  client  of  a  lobbyist
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 cer, state employee, member of the legislature or  legislative  employee
 is  a  proprietor,  partner,  director,  officer  or manager, or owns or
 controls ten percent or more of the stock of such entity (or one percent
 in  the  case  of  a  corporation  whose stock is regularly traded on an
 established securities exchange).
   § 2. Subdivision (a) of section 1-h of the legislative law, as amended
 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Any lobbyist required to file a statement of registration pursuant
 to section one-e of this article who in  any  lobbying  year  reasonably
 anticipates  that  during  the  year such lobbyist will expend, incur or
 receive combined reportable compensation and expenses in  an  amount  in
 excess of five [thousand] HUNDRED dollars, as provided in paragraph five
 of  subdivision  (b) of this section, for the purpose of lobbying, shall
 file with the commission a bi-monthly written report, on forms  supplied
 by  the  commission, by the fifteenth day next succeeding the end of the
 reporting period in which the lobbyist was  first  required  to  file  a
 statement of registration. Such reporting periods shall be the period of
 January  first to the last day of February, March first to April thirti-
 eth, May first to June thirtieth, July  first  to  August  thirty-first,
 September  first  to October thirty-first and November first to December
 thirty-first.
   § 3. Subdivision (a) of section 1-j of the legislative law, as amended
 by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Semi-annual reports  shall  be  filed  by  any  client  retaining,
 employing  or  designating  a  lobbyist or lobbyists, whether or not any
 such lobbyist was required to file a bi-monthly report, if  such  client
 reasonably  anticipates  that during the year such client will expend or
 incur an amount in excess of five [thousand] HUNDRED dollars of combined
 reportable compensation and expenses, as provided in paragraph  five  of
 subdivision [(c)] (B) of this section, for the purposes of lobbying.
   §  4.  Paragraphs  3  and  4  of subdivision (a) of section 1-e of the
 legislative law, as amended by chapter  1  of  the  laws  of  2005,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   (3)  Commencing  calendar  year two thousand five and thereafter every
 lobbyist shall biennially file with the commission, on forms provided by
 the commission, a statement of registration  for  each  biennial  period
 beginning  with the first year of the biennial cycle commencing calendar
 year two thousand five and thereafter; provided, however, that the bien-
 nial filing of such statement of registration shall not be  required  of
 any lobbyist who (i) in any year prior to calendar year two thousand six
 does  not  expend,  incur or receive an amount in excess of two thousand
 dollars of reportable compensation and expenses, as  provided  in  para-
 graph  five of subdivision (b) of section one-h of this article, for the
 purposes of lobbying and commencing with calendar year two thousand  six
 does  not  expend, incur or receive an amount in excess of five thousand
 dollars of reportable compensation, as provided  in  paragraph  five  of
 subdivision  (b)  of  section  one-h of this article for the purposes of
 lobbying [or] AND (ii) STARTING YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE,  DOES  NOT
 EXPEND,  INCUR OR RECEIVE AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF
 REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES, AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF
 SUBDIVISION  (B)  OF  SECTION ONE-H OF THIS ARTICLE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 LOBBYING COMMENCING WITH CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE DOES  NOT
 EXPEND,  INCUR OR RECEIVE AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF
 REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH  FIVE  OF  SUBDIVISION
 (B)  OF  SECTION  ONE-H  OF THIS ARTICLE FOR THE PURPOSES OF LOBBYING OR
 (III) is an officer, director, trustee or employee of any public  corpo-

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 ration,  when  acting  in such official capacity; provided however, that
 nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve any public  corpo-
 ration of the obligation to file such statements and reports as required
 by this article.
   (4)  Such  biennial  filings  shall  be completed on or before January
 first of the first year of a biennial cycle commencing in calendar  year
 two  thousand  five  and  thereafter,  by  those  persons  who have been
 retained, employed or designated  as  lobbyist  on  or  before  December
 fifteenth  of  the  previous calendar year and who reasonably anticipate
 that in the coming year they will  expend,  incur  or  receive  combined
 reportable compensation and expenses in an amount in excess of two thou-
 sand  dollars  in years prior to calendar year two thousand six and five
 thousand dollars [commencing in] FROM two thousand six TO  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY  AND  FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS COMMENCING IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE;
 for those lobbyists retained, employed or designated after the  previous
 December  fifteenth,  and  for  those  lobbyists who subsequent to their
 retainer,  employment  or  designation  reasonably  anticipate  combined
 reportable  compensation  and  expenses  in  excess of such amount, such
 filing must be completed within fifteen days thereafter, but in no event
 later than ten days after the actual  incurring  or  receiving  of  such
 reportable compensation and expenses.
   §  5.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART S

   Section 1. Subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of subdivision  (a)  of  section
 1-o  of the legislative law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007,
 are amended to read as follows:
   (i) Any lobbyist, public corporation,  or  client  who  knowingly  and
 wilfully  fails  to  file  timely a report or statement required by this
 section or knowingly and wilfully files false information  or  knowingly
 and wilfully violates section one-m of this article shall be guilty of a
 class  A  misdemeanor AND MAY BE BARRED FROM ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIV-
 ITIES, AS THE TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION (C)  OF  SECTION  ONE-C  OF
 THIS ARTICLE, FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO TWO YEARS; and
   (ii)  any  lobbyist,  public  corporation, or client who knowingly and
 wilfully fails to file timely a report or  statement  required  by  this
 section  or  knowingly and wilfully files false information or knowingly
 and wilfully violates section one-m of this article, after having previ-
 ously been convicted in the preceding [five]  TEN  years  of  the  crime
 described  in  paragraph  (i)  of this subdivision, shall be guilty of a
 class E felony. Any lobbyist, PUBLIC CORPORATION OR CLIENT convicted  of
 or  pleading  guilty  to  a  felony under the provisions of this section
 [may] SHALL be barred from [acting as a lobbyist] ENGAGING  IN  LOBBYING
 ACTIVITIES,  AS  THE TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION ONE-C
 OF THIS ARTICLE, for a period of [one year] NO LESS THAN TWO  YEARS  AND
 NO MORE THAN SIX YEARS from the date of the conviction. For the purposes
 of  this  subdivision, the chief administrative officer of any organiza-
 tion required to file a statement or report shall be the person  respon-
 sible  for  making and filing such statement or report unless some other
 person prior to the due date thereof has been duly  designated  to  make
 and file such statement or report.
   § 2. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (iii) of subdivision (b) of section
 1-o  of the legislative law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007,
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   (B) If, after a lobbyist or client has been  found  to  have  violated
 subdivision  one  of section one-n of this article, a lobbyist or client
 knowingly and wilfully violates the provisions  of  subdivision  one  of
 section  one-n  of this article within [four] TEN years of such finding,
 the lobbyist or client shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed
 twenty-five thousand dollars.
   §  3. Paragraph (iv) of subdivision (b) of section 1-o of the legisla-
 tive law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (iv) Any lobbyist or client that knowingly and wilfully fails to  file
 a  statement  or  report within the time required for the filing of such
 report, knowingly and wilfully files a false  statement  or  report,  or
 knowingly  and  wilfully  violates  section one-m of this article, after
 having been found by the commission to have knowing and wilfully commit-
 ted such conduct or violation in the preceding [five] TEN years, may  be
 subject  to  a determination that the lobbyist or client is [prohibited]
 BARRED from engaging in lobbying activities, as that term is defined  in
 [paragraph (v) of] subdivision (c) of section one-c of this article, for
 a  period  of  [one  year]  NO  LESS THAN TWO YEARS AND NO MORE THAN SIX
 YEARS.
   § 4. Paragraph (v) of subdivision (b) of section 1-o of  the  legisla-
 tive law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read
 as follows:
   (v)  Any  lobbyist,  PUBLIC  CORPORATION  or client that knowingly and
 wilfully engages in lobbying activities, as  that  term  is  defined  in
 [paragraph  (v)  of]  subdivision  (c) of section one-c of this article,
 during the period in which  THE  COMMISSION  DETERMINED  THAT  they  are
 [prohibited]  BARRED from engaging in lobbying activities, [as that term
 is defined in paragraph (v) of subdivision (c) of section one-c of  this
 article]  pursuant  to  this [subdivision] SECTION, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
 CLASS E FELONY AND may be subject to a determination that the  lobbyist,
 PUBLIC  CORPORATION,  or  client is prohibited from engaging in lobbying
 activities[, as that term is defined in paragraph (v) of subdivision (c)
 of section one-c of this article,] for a period of [up to four] NOT LESS
 THAN TWO AND NO MORE THAN TEN years, and SUCH  LOBBYIST,  PUBLIC  CORPO-
 RATION  OR  CLIENT,  IN  ADDITION TO OR IN LIEU OF SUCH PENALTY shall be
 subject to a civil penalty not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, plus  a
 civil  penalty  in  an amount equal to five times the value of any gift,
 compensation or benefit received as a result of the violation.
   § 5. Subdivision (b) of section 1-o of the legislative law, is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (vii) to read as follows:
   (VII) A LOBBYIST OR CLIENT WHO, DURING THE CONDUCT OF A  RANDOM  AUDIT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE-D OF THIS CHAPTER, KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FAILS
 TO COMPLY WITH REQUESTS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS BEARING UPON ANY
 MATTERS REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN A FILING OR REGISTRATION OR OTHERWISE
 FAILS  TO COMPLY WITH REQUESTS OF THE COMMISSION RELATED TO THE ENFORCE-
 MENT OF THIS CHAPTER, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO  EXCEED
 TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   §  6. Paragraphs (i) and (ii) of subdivision (c) of section 1-o of the
 legislative law, as added by chapter 14 of the laws of 2007, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (i) Any assessment or order to debar RENDERED BY THE COMMISSION PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS SECTION shall be determined only after a  hearing  at  which
 the party shall be entitled to appear, present evidence and be heard. IN
 ORDERING  DEBARMENT,  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL CONSIDER WHETHER THE FACTS,
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 CORPORATION  OF,  OR IN WHICH SUCH LOBBYIST IS OR BECOMES A SHAREHOLDER,
 OWNER, MEMBER, PARTNER, DIRECTOR OR OFFICER BE BARRED FROM ACTING  AS  A
 LOBBYIST.  IF  IT  SO FINDS, THEN SUCH ORDER OF DEBARMENT SHALL APPLY TO
 SUCH  FIRM, PARTNERSHIP OR CORPORATION, AS WELL. Any assessment or order
 to debar pursuant to this section may only be imposed after the  commis-
 sion sends by certified and first-class mail written notice of intent to
 assess  a  penalty  or  order  to debar and the basis for the penalty or
 order to debar. Any assessment may be recovered in an action brought  by
 the  attorney  general  AND,  IF ASSESSED AGAINST A FIRM, PARTNERSHIP OR
 CORPORATION MAY, IF THE COMMISSION SO FINDS THE FACTS, CIRCUMSTANCES AND
 PUBLIC INTEREST SO WARRANT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, BE ASSESSED JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY AGAINST THE SHAREHOLDERS,  OWNERS,
 MEMBERS,  PARTNERS,  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF SUCH FIRM, PARTNERSHIP OR
 CORPORATION.
   (ii) In assessing any fine or penalty pursuant to  this  section,  the
 commission shall consider: (A) as a mitigating factor that the lobbyist,
 public  corporation or client has not previously been required to regis-
 ter, and (B) (1) as an aggravating  factor  that  the  lobbyist,  public
 corporation  or client has  RECEIVED WRITTEN NOTICE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
 SION THIRTEEN OF SECTION NINETY-FOUR OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW OF THE  EXIST-
 ENCE  OF  A  POSSIBLE VIOLATION OR VIOLATIONS OF LAW, PREVIOUSLY ENTERED
 INTO A SETTLEMENT WITH THE COMMISSION OR HAD OTHERWISE BEEN THE  SUBJECT
 OF AN INVESTIGATION COMMENCED PURSUANT TO SUCH SUBDIVISION, OR had fines
 or penalties assessed against it in the past. The amount of compensation
 expended,  incurred  or received shall be a factor to consider in deter-
 mining a proportionate penalty.  (2) FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,
 WHERE  THE  LOBBYIST  IS AN INDIVIDUAL, PAST PENALTIES SHALL INCLUDE ANY
 PENALTIES LEVIED AGAINST SUCH LOBBYIST OR LEVIED AGAINST ANY FIRM, PART-
 NERSHIP, OR CORPORATION OF OR IN WHICH SUCH LOBBYIST PARTICIPATED IN AND
 SHARED CULPABILITY FOR THE ACTS RESULTING IN SUCH PAST PENALTIES.
   § 7. Section 1-o of the legislative law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision (e) to read as follows:
   (E)  ANY  LOBBYIST,  PUBLIC CORPORATION, OR CLIENT WHO, KNOWING THAT A
 STATEMENT OR REPORT MADE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS FALSE  INFOR-
 MATION,  AND  WITH  INTENT  TO  DEFRAUD  THE STATE, OFFERS OR PRESENTS A
 STATEMENT OR REPORT TO THE COMMISSION WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OR BELIEF  THAT
 IT  WILL  BE FILED WITH, REGISTERED OR RECORDED IN OR OTHERWISE BECOME A
 PART OF THE RECORDS OF THE COMMISSION, SHALL BE  GUILTY  OF  A  CLASS  E
 FELONY,  AND  MAY BE SUBJECT TO A PENALTY OF THE GREATER OF SEVENTY-FIVE
 THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO  TEN  TIMES  THE  VALUE  OF  ANY
 COMPENSATION  OR  BENEFIT  RECEIVED  AS  A  RESULT OF THE VIOLATION. THE
 COMMISSION MAY ASSESS SUCH CIVIL PENALTIES.
   § 8. This act shall take effect  immediately;  provided  however,  the
 provisions  of  this  act  shall only be applicable to conduct occurring
 after this act shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART T
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 73 of the  public
 officers  law,  as  amended by chapter 299 of the laws of 1995, subpara-
 graph (iii) as amended and subparagraph (iv) as added by chapter  14  of
 the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  (i) No person who has served as a state officer or employee shall
 within a period of [two]  FIVE  years  after  the  termination  of  such
 service  or  employment  appear  or  practice  before such state agency,
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 OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW or receive compensation for any services rendered
 by such former officer or employee on behalf of any person, firm, corpo-
 ration or association in relation to any case, proceeding or application
 or other matter before such agency.
   (ii)  No person who has served as a state officer or employee, WHO WAS
 REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO
 SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THIS ARTICLE, shall after the termination  of
 such  service or employment appear, practice, communicate, REGISTER AS A
 LOBBYIST OR ENGAGE IN LOBBYING AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE-A OF THE LEGIS-
 LATIVE LAW or otherwise render  services  before  any  state  agency  or
 receive compensation for any such services rendered by such former offi-
 cer  or  employee  on  behalf  of any person, firm, corporation or other
 entity in relation to any case, proceeding, application  or  transaction
 with respect to which such person was directly concerned and in which he
 or  she  personally participated during the period of his or her service
 or employment, or which was under his or her active consideration.
   (iii) No person who has served as a member of the legislature WHO  WAS
 REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO
 SECTION  SEVENTY-THREE-A  OF THIS ARTICLE shall within a period of [two]
 FIVE years after the termination of such  service  receive  compensation
 for  any  services on behalf of any person, firm, corporation or associ-
 ation to promote or oppose, directly or indirectly, the passage of bills
 or resolutions by either house of the  legislature,  OR  REGISTER  AS  A
 LOBBYIST OR ENGAGE IN LOBBYING AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE ONE-A OF THE LEGIS-
 LATIVE LAW.  No legislative employee, WHO WAS REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANNUAL
 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF
 THIS ARTICLE, shall within a period of [two] FIVE years after the termi-
 nation  of  such service receive compensation for any services on behalf
 of any person, firm, corporation or association to appear,  practice  or
 directly  communicate  before either house of the legislature to promote
 or oppose the passage of bills or resolutions by  either  house  of  the
 legislature,  OR REGISTER AS A LOBBYIST OR ENGAGE IN LOBBYING AS DEFINED
 IN ARTICLE ONE-A OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW.
   (iv) No person who has served as an officer or employee in the  execu-
 tive  chamber of the governor, WHO WAS REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANNUAL STATE-
 MENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THIS
 ARTICLE, shall within a period of [two] FIVE years after termination  of
 such  service appear or practice before any state agency, OR REGISTER AS
 A LOBBYIST OR ENGAGE IN LOBBYING AS DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  ONE-A  OF  THE
 LEGISLATIVE LAW.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take effect on January 1, 2020 and shall only
 apply to persons leaving state service after the effective date of  this
 act.
 
                                  PART U
 
   Section 1. Section 107 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A.  NO  OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  A STATEWIDE OFFICEHOLDER, A STATE
 SENATOR, OR A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, SHALL BE  PERMITTED  TO  VOLUNTEER
 HIS  OR  HER SERVICES IN FURTHERANCE OF A CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTED OFFICE IN
 WHICH THE EMPLOYING ELECTED OFFICEHOLDER IS THE CAMPAIGN CANDIDATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART V

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   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  94  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  section  6 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. There is established within the department of state a joint commis-
 sion  on public ethics which shall consist of fourteen members and shall
 have and exercise the powers and duties set forth in this  section  with
 respect  to  statewide elected officials, members of the legislature and
 employees of the legislature,  and  state  officers  and  employees,  as
 defined  in  sections  seventy-three  and  seventy-three-a of the public
 officers law, candidates for statewide elected office and for the senate
 or assembly, and the political party chairman as that term is defined in
 section seventy-three-a of the public officers law,  lobbyists  and  the
 clients  of  lobbyists as such terms are defined in article one-A of the
 legislative law, and individuals who have formerly held such  positions,
 were  lobbyists  or  clients  of lobbyists, as such terms are defined in
 article one-A of the legislative law, or who  have  formerly  been  such
 candidates.  THE  COMMISSION SHALL ALSO HAVE AND EXERCISE THE POWERS SET
 FORTH IN THIS SECTION WITH RESPECT TO COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AS SUCH
 TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF  THE  GENERAL  MUNICIPAL
 LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE JURISDICTION OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON
 PUBLIC  ETHICS  WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS SHALL BE
 LIMITED TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  RELATING  TO  THE  FILING  OF
 ACCURATE  ANNUAL  STATEMENTS  OF  FINANCIAL  DISCLOSURE,  AND  PROVIDED,
 FURTHER, IF THE COMMISSION HAS A REASONABLE BASIS TO BELIEVE THAT  THERE
 ARE ETHICAL OR LEGAL ISSUES OUTSIDE ITS JURISDICTION, BUT RELATED TO THE
 ANNUAL  STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, SUCH ISSUES SHALL BE REFERRED
 TO THE APPROPRIATE BODY AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TEN  OF  THE
 GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FROM THE COUNTY WHERE THE
 MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  IS  LOCATED. This section shall not be deemed to
 have revoked or rescinded any regulations or advisory opinions issued by
 the legislative ethics commission, the commission on  public  integrity,
 the  state  ethics  commission  and the temporary lobbying commission in
 effect upon the effective date of chapter fourteen of the  laws  of  two
 thousand  seven which amended this section to the extent that such regu-
 lations or opinions are not inconsistent with any law of  the  state  of
 New  York, but such regulations and opinions shall apply only to matters
 over which such commissions had jurisdiction  at  the  time  such  regu-
 lations  and  opinions  were promulgated or issued. The commission shall
 undertake a comprehensive review of all such regulations  and  opinions,
 which  will  address  the  consistency  of such regulations and opinions
 among each other and with the new statutory language, and of the  effec-
 tiveness of the existing laws, regulations, guidance and ethics enforce-
 ment  structure  to  address  the ethics of covered public officials and
 related parties. Such review shall be  conducted  with  the  legislative
 ethics  commission  and,  to  the extent possible, the report's findings
 shall reflect the full input and deliberations of both commissions after
 joint consultation. The commission shall,  before  February  first,  two
 thousand  fifteen, report to the governor and legislature regarding such
 review and shall propose any regulatory or statutory changes  and  issue
 any advisory opinions necessitated by such review.
   §  2.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 19 of section 94
 of the executive law, as amended by section 6 of part A of  chapter  399
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  the  information  set  forth  in an annual statement of financial
 disclosure filed pursuant to section seventy-three-a of the public offi-
 cers law AND PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  EIGHT  HUNDRED

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 ELEVEN AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE GENER-
 AL  MUNICIPAL  LAW, except information deleted pursuant to paragraph (h)
 of subdivision nine of this section;
   §  3.  Section 810 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. "COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER" MEANS (A) ANY  INDIVIDUAL  ELECTED  TO
 SERVE  THE  GOVERNMENT OF ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHO RECEIVES COMPEN-
 SATION OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ANNUALLY  FROM  SUCH  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION  AS  WELL  AS  (B)  ANY  INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EITHER ELECTED OR
 APPOINTED TO SERVE AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE, COUNTY MANAGER, OR CHAIR OF  THE
 COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
   §  4.  Section 811 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION PROVID-
 ING FOR THE ANNUAL FILING OF AN ANNUAL STATEMENT  OF  FINANCIAL  DISCLO-
 SURE,  A  COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FILE THE ANNUAL
 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SET FORTH IN  SECTION  SEVENTY-THREE-A
 OF  THE  PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW WITH THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER A COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER  MAY  SATISFY  THE  FILING
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION BY FILING A COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF
 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (A-1) OF  SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION WITH THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS ON
 OR BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THE
 PUBLIC  OFFICERS  LAW,  IF  SUCH STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (A-1) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION
 HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS PURSUANT TO
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B)  THE  GOVERNING  BODY  OF  EACH  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY ADOPT A
 RESOLUTION TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION ON  PUBLIC
 ETHICS FOR ITS COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TO FILE WITH THE JOINT COMMIS-
 SION  ON  PUBLIC  ETHICS  A  COPY  OF  THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
 DISCLOSURE FILED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (A-1) OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE
 OF  THIS SECTION TO SATISFY THE FILING REQUIREMENTS OF A COVERED MUNICI-
 PAL OFFICER OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE  JOINT  COMMISSION
 ON PUBLIC ETHICS SHALL PROMPTLY MAKE A DETERMINATION IN RESPONSE TO EACH
 REQUEST,  WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE AN EXPLANATION FOR ITS DETERMINATION. IF
 AUTHORIZATION IS DENIED, THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY AMEND ITS REQUEST
 AND RESUBMIT.
   (C) THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY ADOPT A LOCAL
 LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ITS COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
 TO SATISFY THE FILING REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OR (A-1) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION ONE OF THIS SECTION BY FILING A COPY OF  THE  ANNUAL  STATEMENT  OF
 FINANCIAL  DISCLOSURE  AS  SET  FORTH  IN SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THE
 PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW FILED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDIVISION
 WITH THE APPROPRIATE BODY.
   §  5.  Subdivision  1  of  section 812 of the general municipal law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
   (J) A COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FILE  THE  ANNUAL
 STATEMENT  OF  FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SET FORTH IN SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A
 OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW WITH THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS. A
 COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER MAY SATISFY THE FILING REQUIREMENTS  OF  PARA-
 GRAPH  (A)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY FILING A COPY OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT
 OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH WITH THE APPRO-
 PRIATE BODY.
   § 6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.

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                                  PART W
 
   Section  1.  Section 1-a of the legislative law, as added by chapter 2
 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   § 1-a. Legislative declaration. (A) The  legislature  hereby  declares
 that  the  operation  of responsible democratic government requires that
 the fullest opportunity be afforded to  the  people  to  petition  their
 government for the redress of grievances and to express freely to appro-
 priate  officials  their  opinions on legislation and governmental oper-
 ations; and that, to preserve and maintain the integrity of the  govern-
 mental  decision-making  process in this state, it is necessary that the
 identity, expenditures  and  activities  of  persons  and  organizations
 retained,  employed  or designated to influence the passage or defeat of
 any legislation by either house of the legislature or the  approval,  or
 veto,  of  any legislation by the governor and attempts to influence the
 adoption or rejection of any rule or regulation  having  the  force  and
 effect  of  law  or the outcome of any rate making proceeding by a state
 agency, and the attempts to influence the passage or defeat of any local
 law, ordinance, or regulation be publicly and regularly disclosed.
   (B) CODE OF CONDUCT FOR LOBBYISTS.  TO HELP PRESERVE AND  ADVANCE  THE
 PRINCIPLES  ARTICULATED IN SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, EVERY LOBBY-
 IST  SHALL  UPHOLD  THE  FOLLOWING  MINIMUM  STANDARDS  OF  PROFESSIONAL
 CONDUCT:
   (I) DUTY OF HONESTY AND LOYALTY:
   A  LOBBYIST  SHALL ACT WITH HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND IN GOOD FAITH WITH
 RESPECT TO BOTH HIS OR HER CLIENTS  AND  TO  GOVERNMENT  OFFICIALS.    A
 LOBBYIST  SHALL  NOT  REPRESENT  CLIENTS  WITH CONFLICTING INTERESTS, OR
 INTERESTS THAT APPEAR TO BE CONFLICTING, WITHOUT THE  INFORMED  CONSENT,
 IN  WRITING,  OF ALL RELEVANT CLIENTS.  WHERE SUCH INFORMED CONSENT OF A
 CONFLICT IS GIVEN BY A LOBBYIST'S CLIENTS, THE LOBBYIST HAS  A  DUTY  TO
 DISCLOSE  THE CONFLICT AND THE CLIENT CONSENT TO ANY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL
 THAT THE LOBBYIST INTERACTS WITH ON THAT MATTER.
   (II) DUTY OF DISCLOSURE:
   A LOBBYIST SHALL INFORM HIS OR HER CLIENT OF THE  LOBBYIST  DISCLOSURE
 DUTIES  PURSUANT  TO  THE  LEGISLATIVE LAW AND SHALL INFORM THEIR CLIENT
 ABOUT HIS OR HER DUTIES PURSUANT TO THIS CODE  OF  CONDUCT.  A  LOBBYIST
 SHALL  COMMUNICATE  WITH  HIS  OR  HER CLIENT TO IDENTIFY, DISCLOSE, AND
 RESOLVE ANY ACTUAL OR APPEARANCES OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. A  LOBBYIST
 SHALL  INFORM HIS OR HER CLIENT IF ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY IS RECEIV-
 ING A DIRECT OR INDIRECT REFERRAL OR CONSULTING FEE  FROM  THE  LOBBYIST
 DUE  TO  OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE MATTER ON WHICH THE LOBBYIST HAS BEEN
 RETAINED AND SHALL DISCLOSE THE  AMOUNT  OF  SUCH  FEE  TO  HIS  OR  HER
 CLIENT.  
   (III) DUTY TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION:
   A  LOBBYIST SHALL NOT KNOWINGLY PROVIDE UNTRUTHFUL OR DECEPTIVE INFOR-
 MATION TO A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL OR TO A CLIENT AND  SHOULD  ENDEAVOR  TO
 PROVIDE  FACTUALLY  CORRECT,  CURRENT,  AND ACCURATE INFORMATION TO SUCH
 PERSONS TO THE BEST OF  THEIR  KNOWLEDGE,  INFORMATION,  AND  BELIEF.  A
 LOBBYIST SHALL USE REASONABLE MEASURES TO VERIFY THE TRUTH OF THE STATE-
 MENTS  AND  INFORMATION  THAT  HE OR SHE PROVIDES BOTH TO CLIENTS AND TO
 GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. IF A LOBBYIST IS AWARE THAT INFORMATION HE OR  SHE
 PROVIDED TO A CLIENT OR A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IS, OR BECOMES, INACCURATE
 IN  A  SIGNIFICANT, RELEVANT, AND MATERIAL WAY, A LOBBYIST HAS A DUTY TO
 PROMPTLY PROVIDE ANY RELEVANT  PARTIES  WITH  CORRECTED  INFORMATION.  A
 LOBBYIST  SHALL ACT IN A MANNER THAT IS RESPECTFUL TO HIS OR HER CLIENTS
 AND TO THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS THAT HE OR SHE INTERACTS WITH.

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   (IV) THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC  ETHICS  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  ISSUE
 REGULATIONS TO EFFECTUATE THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 1-o of the legislative law,
 as added by chapter 14 of the laws of  2007,  are  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (c)  IN  ADDITION  TO  ANY PENALTY CONTAINED IN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF
 LAW, ANY LOBBYIST WHO  KNOWINGLY  AND  WILLFULLY  VIOLATES  ANY  OF  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF THE LOBBYIST CODE OF CONDUCT PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE-A OF
 THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO  EXCEED  TWENTY-
 FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE; FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE,
 THE  LOBBYIST  MAY  BE BARRED FROM ENGAGING IN LOBBYING ACTIVITIES FOR A
 MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS AND A MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS.
   (D) (i) Any assessment or order to  debar  shall  be  determined  only
 after  a hearing at which the party shall be entitled to appear, present
 evidence and be heard. Any assessment or order to debar pursuant to this
 section may only be imposed after the commission sends by certified  and
 first-class  mail  written notice of intent to assess a penalty or order
 to debar and the basis for the penalty or order to debar. Any assessment
 may be recovered in an action brought by the attorney general.
   (ii) In assessing any fine or penalty pursuant to  this  section,  the
 commission shall consider: (A) as a mitigating factor that the lobbyist,
 public  corporation or client has not previously been required to regis-
 ter, and (B) as an aggravating factor that the lobbyist,  public  corpo-
 ration  or  client has had fines or penalties assessed against it in the
 past. The amount of compensation expended, incurred or received shall be
 a factor to consider in determining a proportionate penalty.
   (iii) Any lobbyist, public corporation or client who receives a notice
 of intent to assess a penalty for knowingly and wilfully failing to file
 a report or statement pursuant to subdivision (b) of  this  section  and
 who has never previously received a notice of intent to assess a penalty
 for  failing  to  file a report or statement required under this section
 shall be granted fifteen days within which  to  file  the  statement  of
 registration  or report without being subject to the fine or penalty set
 forth in subdivision (b) of this  section.  Upon  the  failure  of  such
 lobbyist,  public  corporation or client to file within such fifteen day
 period, such lobbyist, public corporation or client shall be subject  to
 a fine or penalty pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section.
   [(d)]  (E) All moneys recovered by the attorney general or received by
 the commission from the assessment of civil penalties authorized by this
 section shall be deposited to the general fund.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART X

   Section 1. Section 5-212 of the election law is  REPEALED  and  a  new
 section 5-212 is added to read as follows:
   § 5-212. MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. 1. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER METH-
 OD  OF  VOTER  REGISTRATION  PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ARTICLE, ANY QUALIFIED
 PERSON SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION  AND  ENROLLMENT,
 OR  PRE-REGISTRATION  AND ENROLLMENT, AS APPLICABLE, SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH
 AND UPON APPLICATION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S  LICENSE,  A  DRIVER'S
 LICENSE  RENEWAL, A CHANGE OF ADDRESS, OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD IF SUCH
 A CARD IS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  IN  ITS  NORMAL
 COURSE  OF  BUSINESS UNLESS SUCH QUALIFIED PERSON DECLINES SUCH APPLICA-
 TION FOR REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT AT THE TIME OF MAKING  AN  APPLICA-
 TION  FOR  SUCH  A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  DRIVER'S  LICENSE,  DRIVER'S LICENSE

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 RENEWAL, A CHANGE OF ADDRESS, OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD IF SUCH CARD  IS
 ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN ITS NORMAL COURSE OF BUSI-
 NESS.
   2.  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF MOTOR VEHICLES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS, SHALL DESIGN A FORM OR FORMS THAT SHALL, IN ADDITION
 TO ELICITING SUCH INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 MOTOR  VEHICLES  FOR  A  DRIVER'S LICENSE, A DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWAL, A
 CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, SERVE AS AN APPLICATION FOR
 REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT, OR A REGISTRATION NECESSITATED BY A  CHANGE
 OF  RESIDENCE.  ONLY ONE SIGNATURE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE CERTIF-
 ICATION AND ATTESTATION NEEDS OF THE PORTION OF THE FORM  PERTAINING  TO
 THE  APPLICATION  FOR  A DRIVER'S LICENSE, A DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWAL, A
 CHANGE OF ADDRESS  NOTIFICATION  OR  AN  IDENTIFICATION  CARD,  AND  THE
 PORTION OF THE FORM PERTAINING TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT. THE
 COST OF SUCH FORMS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
   3. THE VOTER REGISTRATION PORTION OF SUCH FORM SHALL:
   (A)  NOT  REQUIRE  ANY  INFORMATION  THAT  DUPLICATES  THE INFORMATION
 REQUIRED ON THE APPLICATION FOR THE DRIVER'S LICENSE, CHANGE OF ADDRESS,
 OR IDENTIFICATION CARD PORTION AND SHALL REQUIRE  ONLY  SUCH  ADDITIONAL
 INFORMATION  AS WILL ENABLE ELECTION OFFICIALS TO ASSESS THE APPLICANT'S
 ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE, TO PREVENT DUPLICATE REGISTRATION,  AND
 TO  ADMINISTER  VOTER REGISTRATION AND OTHER PARTS OF THE ELECTION PROC-
 ESS;
   (B) INCLUDE A STATEMENT OF  THE  ELIGIBILITY  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  VOTER
 REGISTRATION  AND  SHALL  REQUIRE  THE APPLICANT TO ATTEST BY HIS OR HER
 SIGNATURE THAT HE OR SHE  MEETS  THOSE  REQUIREMENTS  UNDER  PENALTY  OF
 PERJURY UNLESS SUCH APPLICANT DECLINES SUCH REGISTRATION;
   (C)  INFORM  THE  APPLICANT,  IN  PRINT  IDENTICAL TO THAT USED IN THE
 ATTESTATION SECTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) VOTER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS;
   (II) PENALTIES FOR SUBMISSION OF FALSE REGISTRATION APPLICATION;
   (III) THAT THE OFFICE  WHERE  THE  APPLICANT  REGISTERS  SHALL  REMAIN
 CONFIDENTIAL  AND  THAT  THE  VOTER'S INFORMATION SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR
 VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES;
   (IV) THAT IF THE APPLICANT  DECLINES  TO  REGISTER,  SUCH  APPLICANT'S
 DECLINATION  SHALL  REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR VOTER
 REGISTRATION PURPOSES;
   (V) THAT IF AN APPLICANT IS A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR STALKING,
 HE OR SHE MAY CONTACT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN ORDER  TO  RECEIVE
 INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM FOR VICTIMS OF
 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UNDER SECTION 5-508 OF THIS ARTICLE;
   (D)  INCLUDE  A BOX FOR THE APPLICANT TO CHECK TO INDICATE WHETHER THE
 APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DECLINE TO  REGISTER  TO  VOTE  ALONG  WITH  THE
 STATEMENT  IN  PROMINENT  TYPE,  "IF  YOU DO NOT CHECK THIS BOX, AND YOU
 PROVIDE YOUR SIGNATURE ON  THE  SPACE  PROVIDED  BELOW,  YOU  WILL  HAVE
 ATTESTED  TO  YOUR  ELIGIBILITY  TO  REGISTER  TO VOTE AND YOU WILL HAVE
 APPLIED TO REGISTER TO VOTE.";
   (E) INCLUDE A SPACE FOR THE APPLICANT TO INDICATE HIS OR HER CHOICE OF
 PARTY ENROLLMENT, WITH A CLEAR ALTERNATIVE PROVIDED FOR THE APPLICANT TO
 DECLINE TO AFFILIATE WITH ANY PARTY;
   (F) INCLUDE THE STATEMENT, "IF YOU WOULD LIKE HELP IN FILLING OUT  THE
 VOTER  REGISTRATION  APPLICATION  FORM,  WE  WILL HELP YOU. THE DECISION
 WHETHER TO SEEK OR ACCEPT HELP IS YOURS. YOU MAY FILL OUT  THE  APPLICA-
 TION FORM IN PRIVATE.";
   (G) INCLUDE THE STATEMENT, "IF YOU BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE HAS INTERFERED
 WITH  YOUR  RIGHT TO REGISTER OR DECLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE, YOUR RIGHT

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 TO PRIVACY IN DECIDING WHETHER TO REGISTER OR IN APPLYING TO REGISTER TO
 VOTE, OR YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN POLITICAL PARTY  OR  OTHER  POLI-
 TICAL  PREFERENCE,  YOU  MAY  FILE  A  COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS (ADDRESS AND TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER).";
   (H)  INCLUDE  A  TOLL FREE NUMBER AT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THAT
 CAN BE CALLED FOR ANSWERS TO REGISTRATION QUESTIONS; AND
   (I) INCLUDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL TRANSMIT THAT PORTION OF THE
 FORM WHICH CONSTITUTES THE COMPLETED  APPLICATION  FOR  REGISTRATION  OR
 CHANGE  OF  ADDRESS FORM TO THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NOT LATER
 THAN TEN DAYS AFTER RECEIPT EXCEPT THAT ALL SUCH COMPLETED  APPLICATIONS
 AND  FORMS RECEIVED BY SUCH DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THE THIRTIETH AND TWENTY-
 FIFTH DAY BEFORE AN ELECTION SHALL BE TRANSMITTED IN SUCH MANNER AND  AT
 SUCH  TIME  AS  TO  ASSURE  THEIR RECEIPT BY SUCH BOARD OF ELECTIONS NOT
 LATER THAN THE TWENTIETH DAY BEFORE SUCH  ELECTION.    ALL  TRANSMITTALS
 SHALL  INCLUDE  SIGNATURES. A DIGITAL IMAGE OF A SIGNATURE SHALL SATISFY
 THIS REQUIREMENT.
   5. COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS RECEIVED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES  NOT  LATER  THAN  THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY BEFORE THE NEXT ENSUING
 PRIMARY, GENERAL, OR SPECIAL ELECTION AND TRANSMITTED BY SUCH DEPARTMENT
 TO THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SO  THAT  THEY  ARE  RECEIVED  NOT
 LATER  THAN  THE  TWENTIETH  DAY  BEFORE SUCH ELECTION SHALL ENTITLE THE
 APPLICANT TO VOTE IN SUCH ELECTION PROVIDED THE  BOARD  DETERMINES  THAT
 THE APPLICANT IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED.
   6.  DISCLOSURE OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION, INCLUDING A DECLINA-
 TION TO REGISTER, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, ITS AGENTS OR ITS
 EMPLOYEES, FOR OTHER THAN VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES, SHALL  BE  DEEMED
 AN  UNWARRANTED  INVASION OF PERSONAL PRIVACY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW AND
 SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER.
   7. APPLICATION FORMS SHALL BE PROCESSED BY THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  IN
 THE  MANNER  PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 5-210 OF THIS TITLE OR, IF THE APPLI-
 CANT IS ALREADY REGISTERED TO VOTE FROM ANOTHER ADDRESS, IN  THE  MANNER
 PRESCRIBED  BY  SECTION  5-208  OF  THIS TITLE. THE BOARD SHALL SEND THE
 APPROPRIATE NOTICE OF APPROVAL OR REJECTION AS REQUIRED BY EITHER SUBDI-
 VISION NINE OF SECTION 5-210 OR SUBDIVISION FIVE OF  SECTION  5-208,  AS
 APPROPRIATE.
   8. STRICT NEUTRALITY WITH RESPECT TO A PERSON'S PARTY ENROLLMENT SHALL
 BE  MAINTAINED  AND  ALL  PERSONS  SEEKING  VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS AND
 INFORMATION SHALL BE ADVISED THAT GOVERNMENT  SERVICES  ARE  NOT  CONDI-
 TIONED ON BEING REGISTERED TO VOTE.
   9.  NO  STATEMENT SHALL BE MADE NOR ANY ACTION TAKEN TO DISCOURAGE THE
 APPLICANT FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE.
   10. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL PROVIDE TO EACH PERSON  WHO
 CHOOSES  TO  REGISTER  TO  VOTE THE SAME LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO
 PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE  COMPLETION  OF  THE  AGENCY'S  REQUISITE
 INFORMATION, UNLESS SUCH PERSON REFUSES SUCH ASSISTANCE.
   11.  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS SHALL ADOPT SUCH RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY  TO  CARRY  OUT  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.  THE  STATE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ALSO ADOPT SUCH RULES AND
 REGULATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO REQUIRE BOARDS OF ELECTIONS  AND  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  TO PROVIDE THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 WITH SUCH INFORMATION AND DATA AS THE STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  DEEMS
 NECESSARY  TO  ASSESS  COMPLIANCE  WITH THIS SECTION AND TO COMPILE SUCH

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 STATISTICS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE UNITED STATES  ELECTION  ASSISTANCE
 COMMISSION.
   12.  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC
 INFORMATION AND PROMOTIONAL  MATERIALS  RELATING  TO  THE  PURPOSES  AND
 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS PROGRAM.
   13.  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE
 DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THE  IMPLEMENTA-
 TION  OF  THE PROGRAM AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING TRAINING
 PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES  INVOLVED  IN
 SUCH PROGRAM.
   14. THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL TAKE ALL ACTIONS THAT ARE
 NECESSARY AND PROPER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION. THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL DESIGNATE ONE PERSON WITHIN THE AGENCY AS
 THE  AGENCY VOTER REGISTRATION COORDINATOR WHO WILL, UNDER THE DIRECTION
 OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VOTER  REGISTRA-
 TION PROGRAM IN SUCH AGENCY.
   15. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 5-210 OF THIS TITLE AND
 ANY  OTHER  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, A PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO VOTE WHO
 FAILS TO DECLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SECTION AND DID NOT WILLFULLY OR KNOWINGLY SEEK TO REGISTER TO
 VOTE KNOWING THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO DO SO; (A) SHALL  NOT  BE
 GUILTY  OF  ANY  CRIME  AS THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MAKE
 SUCH DECLINATION; (B) SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH OFFI-
 CIAL AUTHORIZATION; AND (C) SUCH ACT MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED  AS  EVIDENCE
 OF A CLAIM TO CITIZENSHIP.
   16. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 5-210 OF THIS TITLE AND
 ANY  OTHER  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, A PERSON WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO VOTE WHO
 FAILS TO DECLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SECTION,  WHO  THEN  EITHER  VOTES  OR  ATTEMPTS TO VOTE IN AN
 ELECTION HELD AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THAT  PERSON'S  REGISTRATION,
 AND  WHO DID NOT WILLFULLY OR KNOWINGLY SEEK TO REGISTER TO VOTE KNOWING
 THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO DO SO, AND DID NOT  SUBSEQUENTLY  VOTE
 OR  ATTEMPT TO VOTE KNOWING THAT HE OR SHE IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO DO SO, (A)
 SHALL NOT BE GUILTY OF ANY CRIME AS THE RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S  FAIL-
 URE TO MAKE SUCH DECLINATION AND SUBSEQUENT VOTE OR ATTEMPT TO VOTE; (B)
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH OFFICIAL AUTHORIZATION; AND
 (C)  SUCH  ACT  MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AS EVIDENCE OF A CLAIM TO CITIZEN-
 SHIP.
   17. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL NOT TRANSMIT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ANY APPLICA-
 TION  FOR  REGISTRATION  OR  PRE-REGISTRATION  FOR  A PERSON THAT IS, BY
 VIRTUE OF DATA MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, DEMONSTRABLY INELIGIBLE  TO
 REGISTER OR PRE-REGISTER TO VOTE BY REASON OF AGE OR NOT BEING A CITIZEN
 OF THE UNITED STATES.
   §  2.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 5-712 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  The  board  of elections shall also send a confirmation notice to
 every registered voter for whom  it  receives  a  notice  of  change  of
 address  to  an  address  not in such city or county [which] THAT is not
 signed by the voter.  Such change of address notices shall include,  but
 not  be  limited  to,  notices of change of address received pursuant to
 subdivision eleven of  section  5-211  and  subdivision  [six]  FOUR  of
 section  5-212  of  this  article,  notice of change of address from the
 United States Postal Service through  the  National  Change  of  Address
 System  or from any other agency of the federal government or any agency

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 of any state or local government and notice of a forwarding  address  on
 mail  sent  to  a  voter  by  the board of elections and returned by the
 postal service. Such confirmation notices shall  be  sent  to  such  new
 address.
   §  3. Subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
   (N) THE FORM OF APPLICATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 5-212  OF  THIS  TITLE
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 4. Subdivision 27 of section 1-104 of the election law is amended to
 read as follows:
   27.  The  term  "personal  application" means a signed writing [which]
 THAT may be delivered by mailing [or], in person, OR ELECTRONICALLY.
   § 5. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through X of this act shall  be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.